Legal Opinion
Blankenship v. McDonald
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 14, 1999No. 97-35898PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEAVY, Circuit Judge:
This case requires us to decide whether a federal court reporter who has no effective remedies under the Civil Service Reform Act (“CSRA”)2 has an action for money damages, commonly called a Bivens action,3 for alleged constitutional violations in the workplace. The plaintiff, Kathryn Blankenship, appeals the district court’s judgment of dismissal. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and we affirm.
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Blankenship filed this action against the defendants, District Court Judge Alan A. McDonald and Court Clerk James Larsen, in their individual capacities. The…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Bush v. LucasSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Schweiker v. ChilickySupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Jeffrey A. Saul v. United States of America Ray Larsen Colleen St. Louis John Doe St. LouisCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
- Kenneth W. LEE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert C. HUGHES, Jr.; Daniel C. Lanford, Jr., Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Kinney v. WeaverCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2004
- Kinney v. WeaverCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002
- Dotson v. GriesaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005
- Dotson v. GriesaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005
- William Chavis v. Clayton County School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2002
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