George L. Garrow, Jr. v. Wendy Lee Gramm, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge GARTH.

GARTH, Senior Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant, George L. Garrow, Jr. (“Garrow”) commenced this action against defendant-appellee, Susan M. Phillips, Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”), alleging that he possessed a property right in his federal employment, and that his Fifth Amendment rights were violated when he was terminated from his position as an attorney for the CFTC, without pretermination notice and a hearing. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted summary judgment in…