Stallings v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway

MEMORANDUM OPINION1

James O. Browning, United States District Judge

THIS MATTER comes before the Court on Defendant BNSF Railway Company’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(B)(1) Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Subject-Matter Jurisdiction and Memorandum Brief in Support Thereof, filed January 7, 2016 (Doc. 13)(“Motion to Dismiss”). The Court held a hearing on April 12, 2016. The primary issue—with respect to a decision by a Public Law Board (“PL Board”) affirming the termination of Plaintiff Aaron Stallings’ employment with Defendant Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway2—is whether Stallings has alleged: (i)…