ZUMMER v. SALLET

No. 21-30219.

37 F.4th 996 (2022)

Michael S. ZUMMER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jeffery S. SALLET, Special Agent in Charge, FBI, New Orleans Division, in his individual capacity; Daniel Halphen Evans, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, FBI, New Orleans Division, Criminal Branch, in his individual capacity; Laura A. Bucheit, Assistant Director, FBI, Security Division, in her individual capacity; Brigette Class, former-Deputy Assistant Director, FBI, Security Division, in her individual capacity; Daniel Powers, former-Section Chief, FBI, Security Division, in his individual capacity; Michelle Anne Jupina, Assistant Director, FBI, Records Management Division, in her individual capacity; David M. Hardy, Chief, FBI, Records Management Division, Record/Information Dissemination Section, in his individual capacity; Michael G. Seidel, Acting/Assistant Section Chief, FBI, Records Management Division, Record/Information Dissemination Section, in his individual capacity; Gregory A. Brower, former Deputy General Counsel, FBI, currently Assistant Director, FBI, Office of Congressional Affairs, in his individual capacity; Richard R. Brown, Assistant General Counsel, FBI, in his individual capacity; Valerie Parlave, Executive Assistant Director, FBI, Human Resources Branch, in her individual and official capacities; Federal Bureau of Investigation; David W. Schlendorf, Jr., Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Human Resources Division, in his individual capacity; Stephen P. Rees, Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Records Management Division, in his individual capacity; Gerald Roberts, Jr., Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Security Division, in his individual and official capacities, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed June 15, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Bruce McDuff, Esq. , Jackson, MS, Daniel Bernard Centner, Esq. , Peiffer Wolf Carr Kane & Conway, New Orleans, LA, Michael Zummer , New Orleans, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Joshua Koppel , Charles Wylie Scarborough , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Smith, Elrod, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.


Former FBI special agent Michael Zummer asked a federal district court to order the FBI to issue him a top secret clearance and reinstate his employment. He also sought damages against FBI officials for revoking his clearance and suspending him, for preventing him from taking other employment while suspended, and for...

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