Rita Zimbelman’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “Bush, 462 U.S. at 389-90 . 10 Zimbelman and Michalik's claims indisputably arise from a federal employment relationship. Their complaint is that at no point before losing their federal jobs did the applicable federal statutes and regulations grant them a name-clearing hearing. Zimbelman and Michalik contend that because the processes governing their appeals were insufficient, they deserve a Bivens remedy. But as Bush and Chilicky make clear, a Bivens remedy is inappropriate where the”

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   e.g. Zimbelman v. Savage

2. “Schweiker v. Chilicky, 487 U.S. 412, 423 (1988). 9 In Bush v. Lucas, 462 U.S. 367 (1983), the Supreme Court refused to recognize a First Amendment Bivens action brought by an engineer against the director of a federal space flight center. The Court held that federal employment constitutes the sort of”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Zimbelman v. Savage

3. “because federal personnel matters are governed by the CSRA. See id. Because the CSRA constitutes a comprehensive set of procedural and substantive provisions governing the rights of federal employees, it would be inappropriate”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Zimbelman v. Savage