Authorities Cited: United States Code 5 U.S.C. § 7702 5 U.S.C. § 7702(a)(1)(B) 5 U.S.C. § 7702(e)(1) 5 U.S.C. § 7703(b) 29 U.S.C. § 216(b) 29 U.S.C. § 791 Supreme Court 534 U.S. 506, 512 536 U.S. 101, 117 Circuit Courts 520 F.2d 108, 149 653 F.2d 219, 221-222 684 F.2d 137, 140 715 F.2d 1485, 1490 777 F.2d 1526, 1533-1537 836 F.2d 1375, 1379 864 F.2d 859, 861 939 F.2d 762 79 F.3d 154, 160 164 F.3d 634, 638-643 174 F.3d 231, 238 216 F.3d 1105, 1109 333 F.3d 156, 165 339 F.3d 454, 471-472 386 F.3d 800, 808-813 440 F.3d 484 471 F.3d 158, 164 505 F.3d 1306, 1317-1318 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(f) 406 F. Supp. 2d 23 687 F. Supp. 461, 463 967 F. Supp. 1211, 1221 967 F. Supp. 1220