Authorities Cited: United States Code 5 U.S.C. § 8101 5 U.S.C. § 8106(c)(2) 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Code of Federal Regulations 29 C.F.R. § 1614.105(a)(1) Supreme Court 446 U.S. 635, 640 455 U.S. 385, 393 Circuit Courts 678 F.2d 992, 1010 827 F.2d 291, 296 918 F.2d 724, 728-730 930 F.2d 661, 662 996 F.2d 1, 5 57 F.3d 662, 665-666 58 F.3d 1323, 1330 77 F.3d 189, 191-192 132 F.3d 447, 451 155 F.3d 575, 578-579 172 F.3d 567, 570-571 201 F.3d 178, 184 208 F.3d 652, 654-655 273 F.3d 30, 37-39 287 F.3d 58, 60 323 F.3d 695, 697-698 363 F.3d 1316, 1319-1321 371 F.3d 1011, 1017-1018 410 F.3d 1036, 1038-1040 471 F.3d 158, 165 495 F.3d 1119, 1122-1123 497 F.3d 1160, 1167 507 F.3d 662, 666 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(c) Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b) Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1) Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c)