Adam Delgado v. U.S. Department of Justice
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Hamilton
- Status — whether other courts must follow this ruling
- Published
- Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
- appeal
- Circuit
- Seventh Circuit
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Claim Types
Outcome
The Seventh Circuit found that the Merit Systems Protection Board acted arbitrarily and capriciously in denying Delgado's whistleblower retaliation claim on remand. The court held Delgado made protected disclosures and proved retaliation, and the agency failed to establish its same-decision affirmative defense for at least two promotion denials, entitling him to pay and benefits as if promoted to GS-14 effective March 4, 2014.
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