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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

22 federal employment cases from public court records (19932025)

22 with a published ruling

What public court records show

Public federal court records list U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as an employer in 22 employment matters between 1993 and 2025.

Of the 20 matters with a recorded outcome, the most common were: 8 ended in a ruling for the employer, 5 had a mixed result, 3 were dismissed, and 2 were sent back to a lower court.

Workers obtained a favorable ruling in about 10% of matters with a recorded outcome.

The most common claims on record were Discrimination, Retaliation, and Failure To Accommodate.

Cases were filed across 6 states, most often in KS.

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.

22
Federal Cases
10%
Plaintiff Win Rate

Does not imply wrongdoing — many cases are dismissed or resolved without findings of liability.

6
States
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About this employer

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services appears in 20 federal employment-law court rulings on record. These cases sit within the public sector, where due-process protections, First Amendment retaliation, and union-related (NLRA / state PERB) claims apply. The set below covers rulings that produced written federal-court decisions; private settlements, EEOC charges resolved without litigation, and state-court cases are not included.

The cases primarily involve Discrimination (11 of 20), Retaliation (3 of 20), Failure to Accommodate (3 of 20). Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Discrimination, Retaliation and Failure to Accommodate.

Rulings span Kansas (7), District of Columbia (5), California (3), Maryland (1). Kansas 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. Kansas rulings, District of Columbia rulings, California rulings and Maryland rulings.

Case Outcomes

Defendant Win
8 (40%)
Mixed Result
5 (25%)
Dismissed
3 (15%)
Remanded
2 (10%)
Plaintiff Win
2 (10%)

Case Stages

The stage at which courts issued U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’s 15 stage-identified rulings.

Appeal
5 (33%)
Summary judgment
5 (33%)

Of the 5 summary-judgment rulings, 3 ended the case in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’s favor and 2 let the worker’s claims continue.

Motion to dismiss
5 (33%)
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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Federal cases

public court records

One row per case · a badge means the case reached a published ruling · plaintiff names redacted

Employee v. Becerra
S.D. Cal. · May 2025 · California · Discrimination
Defendant Win
Employee v. Becerra
S.D. Cal. · Aug 2024 · California · Discrimination
Defendant Win
Employee v. Commissioner, Social Security Administration
D. Colo. · Jul 2024 · Kansas · Discrimination
Open docket
Employee v. United States Department of Health and Human Services
D. Kan. · Apr 2022 · Kansas · Discrimination
Defendant Win
Employee v. United States Department of Health and Human Services
D. Kan. · Mar 2022 · Kansas · Discrimination
Mixed Result
Employee v. United States Department of Health and Human Services
D. Kan. · Feb 2022 · Kansas · Discrimination
Mixed Result
Employee v. United States Department of Health and Human Services
D. Kan. · Feb 2022 · Kansas · Discrimination
Defendant Win
Employee v. United States Department of Health and Human Services
D. Kan. · Feb 2022 · Kansas
Open docket
Employee v. United States Department of Health and Human Services
D. Kan. · Feb 2022 · Kansas · Discrimination
Mixed Result
Employee v. United States Department of Health and Human Services
D. Kan. · Dec 2021 · Kansas · Discrimination
Defendant Win
Employee v. United States Department of Health and Human Services
D. Kan. · Aug 2021 · Kansas · Discrimination
Defendant Win
Employee v. United States Department of Labor
D.D.C. · Aug 2021 · District of Columbia · Breach of Contract
Defendant Win
Employee v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
D.D.C. · Sep 2020 · District of Columbia · Administrative Procedure Act Violation
Plaintiff Win
Employee v. Becerra
E.D. Cal. · Dec 2019 · California · Constitutional Challenge
Mixed Result
Employee v. Alex Azar, II
D.C. Circuit · Jul 2019
Remanded
Employee v. Burwell
D.N.D. · May 2019 · North Dakota · Constitutional Challenge To Regulatory Requirements
Dismissed
Employee v. Azar
D.D.C. · Sep 2018 · District of Columbia
Dismissed
Employee v. Sebelius
D.D.C. · Dec 2013 · District of Columbia · Discrimination
Defendant Win
Employee v. Sebelius
D. Mass. · Mar 2010 · Massachusetts
Dismissed
Employee v. Sebelius
D.D.C. · Dec 2009 · District of Columbia · Discrimination
Mixed Result
Employee v. United States
Fed. Cl. · Sep 2007 · Wage Theft
Plaintiff Win
Employee v. Donna Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services Evan J. Kemp, Chairman, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
4th Circuit · Sep 1993 · Maryland · Wrongful Termination
Remanded
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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.