Authorities Cited: United States Code 5 U.S.C. § 2302 5 U.S.C. § 7101 5 U.S.C. § 7101(b) 5 U.S.C. § 7103 5 U.S.C. § 7114(a)(1) 5 U.S.C. § 7116(b)(8) 5 U.S.C. § 7118(a)(1) 5 U.S.C. § 7118(a)(2) 5 U.S.C. § 7120(a)(3) 28 U.S.C. § 1331 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a) 29 U.S.C. § 402 Code of Federal Regulations 29 C.F.R. § 458.2(a)(2) Supreme Court 462 U.S. 367 470 U.S. 768, 773 489 U.S. 527 539 U.S. 1 Circuit Courts 875 F.2d 1, 3 928 F.2d 829 937 F.2d 134, 137-140 952 F.2d 611 60 F.3d 346 176 F.3d 1051, 1052-1054 187 F.3d 493, 500 214 F.3d 630, 632 343 F.3d 769, 776 477 F.3d 320, 323 509 F.3d 665, 669 523 F.3d 546, 550-553 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c)