Suspended FBI ‘Whistleblower’ Case Kicked to Federal Circuit

A Washington federal appeals court declined to hear a challenge over the suspension of an FBI agent who testified before Congress about politicization at the agency.

The US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit doesn’t have jurisdiction to hear Special Agent Garret O’Boyle’s claims, the court’s three-judge panel found in a non-precedential decision on Tuesday.

Judges Robert Wilkins and Florence Pan and Senior Judge Judith Rogers ordered the case transferred to the Federal Circuit, which hears some federal employee disputes and other specialized matters.

During argument in October, the judges appeared skeptical of O’Boyle’s claims that the law allows ...