BLANKENSHIP v. McDONALD

No. 97-35898.

176 F.3d 1192 (1999)

Kathryn I. BLANKENSHIP, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The Honorable Alan A. McDONALD, United States District Court Judge, Eastern District of Washington, personally, and the marital community composed of Alan A. McDonald and Ruby K. McDonald; James R. Larsen, Clerk, United States District Court, Eastern District of Washington, personally, and the marital community composed of James R. Larsen and L. Dianne Emmons, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 14, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Lobsenz, Carney, Badley, Smith & Spellman, Seattle, Washington; Victoria L. Vreeland, Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & Haheim, Seattle, Washington, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Walter Meyer, Meyer, Fluegge & Tenney, Yakima, Washington; Leslie Weatherhead, Witherspoon, Kelley, Davenport & Toole, Spokane, Washington, for the defendants-appellees.

Robert Loeb and Maria Simon, Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the amicus.

Before: REAVLEY, LEAVY and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.


LEAVY, Circuit Judge:

This case requires us to decide whether a federal court reporter who has no effective remedies under the Civil Service Reform Act ("CSRA")2 has an action for money damages, commonly called a Bivens action,3 for alleged constitutional violations in the workplace. The plaintiff, Kathryn Blankenship, appeals the district court's judgment...

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