U.S. Customs and Border Protection
9 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (2005–2020)
10 trusted published court opinions across 9 distinct cases
What public court records show
Public federal court records list U.S. Customs and Border Protection as an employer in 9 distinct federal employment cases between 2005 and 2020.
Of the 10 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 5 ended in a ruling for the employer, 3 were sent back to a lower court, 1 ended in a ruling for the worker, and 1 were dismissed.
The most common claims on record were Wage Theft, Discrimination, and Harassment.
Cases were filed across 1 state (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 9 distinct cases.
Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.
About this employer
U.S. Customs and Border Protection appears in 10 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Abrantes v. United States (2020) — Plaintiff Win. A federal employee named Abrantes sued the United States government, claiming disability discrimination and violations related to back pay. The government tried to get the case thrown out of court early by filing a motion to dismiss, arguing the court didn't have authority to hear the case and that the employee's compl… Read the ruling.
Adams v. United States (2019) — Defendant Win. This case involved a dispute over federal government pay caps - essentially limits on how much federal employees could be paid. The employees (Adams and others) challenged these spending restrictions, arguing they were unfair or improperly applied to their compensation. Read the ruling.
Bryant v. Merit Systems Protection Board (2017) — Defendant Win. This case involved a federal employee named Bryant who had a workplace dispute and tried to challenge a decision made by the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB). The MSPB is the agency that handles employment disputes for federal workers, such as issues with firings, suspensions, or other disciplinary actions. Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Wage Theft (3 of 10), Discrimination, Harassment. Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Wage Theft, Discrimination and Harassment.
Published opinions span District of Columbia. 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.
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
10 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.
Of the 1 summary-judgment opinions, 1 ended the case in U.S. Customs and Border Protection’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.
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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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.