Gratehouse v. United States

Plaintiff seeks back pay and reinstatement to his position by reason of an alleged procedural error on the part of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) in failing to consider and decide plaintiff’s claim that his resignation from departmental employment was coerced. Defendant argues that the claim of duress is simply an afterthought of plaintiff’s, that he did not even raise the issue before the effective date of his resignation, and that, therefore, the agency and the CSC *293did not consider it and violated no adverse action procedures, as alleged by plaintiff. Defendant asks that we dismiss the…