July 06, 2022
A white Federal Aviation Administration technician urged the Ninth Circuit to rehear his retaliation case alleging that the U.S. Department of Transportation wrongly transferred him after he flagged a race-oriented negative remark made by a Black colleague, arguing the panel overlooked material facts in siding with the DOT.
May 19, 2022
The Ninth Circuit refused to revive a claim that the U.S. Department of Transportation violated federal law by transferring a white Federal Aviation Administration technician after he said a Black co-worker subjected him to a racist remark, saying the move to another airport couldn't sustain the technician's allegations.