Case: Individual Employment Rights/Procedural Due Process (D.D.C.)

A District of Columbia federal court denied in part the National Nuclear Security Administration and Department of Energy’s motion to dismiss Fifth Amendment procedural due process claims brought by a former principal deputy administrator who alleged he was constructively discharged after vague allegations of sexual harassment and hostile work environment, finding he plausibly alleged that the defendants deprived him of his protected liberty interest in his reputation by disseminating stigmatizing charges without providing him notice of specific allegations or an opportunity to defend himself.

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