Shea v. United States

MEMORANDUM OPINION

LAMBERTH, District Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on motion of the federal defendants Department of State and Foreign Service Grievance Board (FSGB) to dismiss plaintiffs amended complaint or, alternatively, for summary judgment. The defendants challenge plaintiffs standing to sue, and argue in the alternative that they are entitled to judgment as a matter of law because the challenged FSGB decisions were not arbitrary, capricious, or contrary to law. The Court finds that the FSGB applied an improper standard in one decision, in violation of agency regulation, and…