Authorities Cited: United States Code 28 U.S.C. § 1291 28 U.S.C. § 1331 29 U.S.C. § 793(b) 38 U.S.C. § 8126(b) 40 U.S.C. § 3141 40 U.S.C. § 3145 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Code of Federal Regulations 29 C.F.R. § 1.8 29 C.F.R. § 5.11 29 C.F.R. § 5.6(a)(3) 41 C.F.R. § 60 Supreme Court 283 U.S. 336, 348 343 U.S. 779, 783 433 U.S. 25, 29-31 451 U.S. 304, 313-317 453 U.S. 1, 20-21 457 U.S. 15, 20-23 487 U.S. 500, 506-507 489 U.S. 527, 533 501 U.S. 104, 108 507 U.S. 529, 534 518 U.S. 470, 485 532 U.S. 275 545 U.S. 308, 314 545 U.S. 596 547 U.S. 677 Circuit Courts 760 F.2d 1474 769 F.2d 1503, 1516-1517 786 F.2d 943, 947 823 F.2d 1114, 1119-1121 860 F.2d 1537, 1541-1542 880 F.2d 1018, 1032 972 F.2d 1012, 1014-1015 1 F.3d 96, 102 52 F.3d 295, 296-297 119 F.3d 1358, 1363-1364 124 F.3d 1269, 1273 186 F.3d 1158, 1164 188 F.3d 1105, 1111 204 F.3d 1206, 1210-1212 205 F.3d 386, 390 212 F.3d 20, 22-24 213 F.3d 1108, 1117 245 F.3d 1352 277 F.3d 1166, 1172 288 F.3d 391, 403-404 307 F.3d 775, 780-781 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-1212 318 F.3d 80 328 F.3d 1074, 1082 337 F.3d 1024, 1029 352 F.3d 1188, 1192 358 F.3d 1137, 1145-1147 418 F.3d 1028, 1034-1038 436 F.3d 1098, 1102 484 F.3d 700, 706-707 487 F.3d 1246, 1249 504 F.3d 1053, 1060 516 F.3d 1140, 1174-1175 531 F.3d 813, 822-823 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c) 357 F. Supp. 2d 314, 329