BLOOMGARDEN v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

No. 16-5263.

874 F.3d 757 (2017)

Howard BLOOMGARDEN, Appellant v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 31, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Torrence E.S. Lewis , Pittsburgh, PA, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief were Howard W. Anderson III , Pendleton, SC, and Scott Hodes , Washington, DC.

Jaynie Lilley , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellee. With her on the brief was Mark B. Stern , Attorney. R. Craig Lawrence , Assistant U.S. Attorney, entered an appearance.

Before: Pillard and Wilkins, Circuit Judges, and Silberman, Senior Circuit Judge.


Over two decades ago, the Department of Justice sent a proposed termination letter to one of its Assistant United States Attorneys ("the Assistant") working in the Eastern District of New York (EDNY). The letter alleged a series of professional inadequacies. Appellant Bloomgarden, serving a sentence of life imprisonment...

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