DORFMONT v. BROWN

No. 88-6580.

913 F.2d 1399 (1990)

Linda B. DORFMONT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James P. BROWN, Director of Department of Defense, Defense Legal Services Agency, Directorate for Industrial Security Clearance Review; Frank C. Carlucci, Secretary of Defense; United States of America, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 10, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale M. Fiola, Anaheim, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Tomson T. Ong, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before NELSON, BRUNETTI and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges.


KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:

Linda Dorfmont lost her security clearance. We consider whether the federal courts can do anything about it.

Facts

Linda Dorfmont worked on United States government defense contracts for Hughes Aircraft, a job for which the Department of Defense had granted her a security clearance.

In 1984, while working on one of those defense contracts, Dorfmont found herself in need of a computer programmer. Unable to secure a...

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