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No. 12-2515
MAUREEN HILL,
Plaintiff Appellant,
v.
CHUCK HAGEL, Hon. in his official capacity as Secretary,
U.S. Department of Defense,
Defendant Appellee,
and
MIKE MULLEN, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs;
DEMPSEY, GENERAL Chairman of the Joint Chiefs,
MARTIN
E.
Defendants.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria.
Liam OGrady, District
Judge. (1:12-cv-00350-LO-JFA)
Argued:
Decided:
Before TRAXLER, Chief Judge, and MOTZ and WYNN, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Maureen
Hill
appeals
district
court
order
granting
who
2005
is
by
an
the
African-American
Defense
Department
woman,
was
hired
Joint
Staff
to
in
be
Division.
Hills
time
with
the
Joint
Staff
was
Opportunity
rise
to
four
(EEO)
EEO
complaints
reports
of
beginning
investigation.
in
2005,
She
was
appealed
her
termination
to
the
Merit
Systems
affirming
the
ALJs
final
order
to
decision.
Hill
the
Employment
Equal
then
appealed
the
Opportunity
subsequently
filed
suit
in
federal
district
court
claims
of
race
and
gender
discrimination
and
retaliation.
her
employment,
including,
among
others,
unfair
her
supervisory
duties;
proposed
and
actual
suspensions;
revocation
of
her
security
clearance;
and
her
termination.
The government moved to dismiss, for lack of subject-matter
jurisdiction, Hills retaliation claim to the extent that it
concerned the revocation of her security clearance.
See Fed. R.
Civ. P. 12(b)(1).
pleadings
hostile
on
her
work
environment
claim
and
another
jurisdiction
Hills
retaliation
claim
to
the
extent
granted
judgment
on
the
pleadings
hostile-work-environment claim.
against
it
The court
Hill
on
her
remaining
portion
of
her
retaliation
4
claim.
The
court
specifically
ruled
that
Hills
challenges
to
her
termination
gender-based
discrimination
claims,
the
district
court
retaliation
claim,
the
district
court
And concerning
concluded
as
were
not
related
materially
to
the
adverse,
alleged
the
protected
actions
were
conduct,
or
not
the
reviewed
the
parties
submissions,
the
district