Legal Opinion
Blake v. Fed. Bureau of Investigation
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 9, 2018No. Case No. 17–cv–1144 (CRC)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER, United States District Judge
Plaintiff Ronald Lee Blake, Jr. brings this action under the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution against the Federal Bureau of Investigation for declining to hire him because of two state felony convictions that had been pardoned and expunged from his record. Because neither the Full Faith and Credit *78Clause nor its implementing statutes provide a private right of action, Blake has not stated a valid claim. The Court will therefore grant the FBI's motion to dismiss.
I. Background
The Court, as it must, accepts as true…
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