Federal Bureau of Investigation
14 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (1998–2026)
14 trusted published court opinions across 14 distinct cases
What public court records show
Public federal court records list Federal Bureau of Investigation as an employer in 14 distinct federal employment cases between 1998 and 2026.
Of the 14 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 8 ended in a ruling for the employer, 4 were dismissed, 1 ended in a ruling for the worker, and 1 had a mixed result.
Plaintiffs won 1 of 14 adjudicated opinions (7%).
The most common claims on record were Retaliation, Discrimination, and Harassment.
Cases were filed across 7 states, most often in DC.
These figures summarize publicly available U.S. federal court records only. Most workplace disputes are resolved privately and never appear in litigation. A case outcome reflects many factors and is not a finding that any employer violated the law.
Written decisions across 14 distinct cases.
1 of 14 adjudicated opinions ended in a plaintiff win.
Does not imply wrongdoing — many cases are dismissed or resolved without findings of liability.
Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.
About this employer
Federal Bureau of Investigation appears in 14 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Jeter v. Federal Bureau of Investigation (2026) — Defendant Win. Ms. Jeter worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and filed a lawsuit claiming she faced racial discrimination, retaliation for complaining about mistreatment, and a hostile work environment that forced her to leave her job. Read the ruling.
RACHWALSKI v. GARLAND (2025) — Defendant Win. Rachwalski filed a lawsuit against the FBI, claiming she experienced sex discrimination, retaliation, and disability discrimination at work. She also argued her working conditions became so intolerable that she was forced to quit (constructive discharge). Read the ruling.
Ragan v. Federal Bureau of Investigation National Instant Criminal Background Check System Section (2025) — Plaintiff Win. An employee named Ragan filed a discrimination lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Instant Criminal Background Check System Section. This section handles background checks for gun purchases. Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Retaliation (6 of 14), Discrimination (5 of 14), Harassment (3 of 14). Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Retaliation, Discrimination and Harassment.
Published opinions span District of Columbia (3), Maryland (2), Indiana (1), West Virginia (1). District of Columbia is an EEOC deferral state, which extends the federal Title VII / ADA / ADEA filing deadline from 180 to 300 days. Browse state-specific employment rulings for jurisdictional patterns. District of Columbia rulings, Maryland rulings, Indiana rulings and West Virginia rulings.
These published opinions sit within the public sector, where due-process protections, First Amendment retaliation, and union-related (NLRA / state PERB) claims apply.
Opinion Outcomes
Opinion Stages
13 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.
Of the 4 summary-judgment opinions, 4 ended the case in Federal Bureau of Investigation’s favor and 0 let the worker’s claims continue.
What do these stages mean?
- Appeal
- A higher court reviewing an earlier decision. Many published opinions come from this stage, after a lot has already happened in the case.
- Summary judgment
- A ruling where the judge decides the case — or part of it — without a trial, because one side argues the key facts are not in dispute. For workers, getting past this step is often the biggest hurdle.
- Motion to dismiss
- An early request — usually by the employer — to throw the case out before any evidence is gathered.
- Other rulings
- Procedural decisions and orders that do not fit the main stages above.
Published federal-court opinions only — most workplace disputes are resolved privately. This is not anyone’s odds, and not a finding that any employer violated the law.
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Claim Types
What these numbers mean
A case is one lawsuit, identified by its court and docket number. The docket is the running court record for that same case — it is not an extra case.
A published opinion or ruling is a written court decision. One case can produce several opinions, so opinion counts and case counts answer different questions. Only trusted, reportable opinions are used in the outcome statistics on this page.
Docket entries are the individual filings inside a case — motions, orders, scheduling notices. We read them to confirm a case is real and to see where it got to, but an entry is never counted as a case or as an outcome. A single case can generate hundreds of entries.
Far fewer opinions than cases is normal. Many employment cases settle privately or close without a published opinion. No opinion here does not mean the worker lost; it means this public record does not show a reportable result.
Everything on this page comes from public federal court records. Where we are not confident a record is accurate, we leave it out rather than guess.
Federal court cases
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Data sourced from public federal court records via CourtListener.com. Case outcomes extracted using AI analysis. This information is for educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. The presence of an employer on this page does not imply wrongdoing — many cases are dismissed or resolved without findings of liability.