Legal Opinion
Graves-Buckingham v. Mayorkas
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 23, 2026No. Civil Action No. 2022-1459Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ANTHONY GRAVES-BUCKINGHAM, Plaintiff, Case No. 22-cv-1459 (JMC) v. MARKWAYNE MULLIN, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, 1 Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) fired Anthony Graves- Buckingham just as he was coming to the end of his one-year probationary period as a new employee. FEMA attributes that decision to Graves-Buckingham’s habit of arriving to work late and the fact that he had more than one outburst—yelling and, as he describes it, losing his temper— directed towards his…
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