Singer v. United States Civil Service Commission

OPINION

JAMESON, District Judge:

This is an appeal from a summary judgment of dismissal of an action brought by John F. Singer, plaintiff-appellant, against the United States Civil Service Commission and certain of its officials, defendants-appellees, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief and damages for termination of Singer’s employment because of his homosexual conduct. The district court held that there was “substantial evidence in the administrative record to support the findings and conclusions” of the Civil Service Commission. Both sides rely upon excerpts from that record, and…