Meyer Kama v. Alejandro Mayorkas

BACKGROUND

I. Facts

Plaintiff’s EEO complaints span a period running from January 15, 2014 to February 19, 2015. Before and during the same period, the TSA—through a group of its supervisors (“Supervisors”) 1—conducted an internal investigation into whether Plaintiff and other TSOs had improperly received compensation for serving as personal representatives to other employees during internal agency investigations. The TSA terminated Plaintiff’s employment based on Plaintiff’s purported failure to cooperate with the investigation. Plaintiff claims that the TSA’s true motive for terminating his employment was retaliation for his having made EEO complaints. In 2011, the TSA began an investigation into TSO Wilbert Sonnier, who the agency believed had received illegal compensation for serving as a personal representative assisting other employees during internal TSA investigations.

1 For simplicity, the term “Supervisors” is used herein to refer to Michael Duretto, Brian Bondoc, Derrick Ford, Martin Elam, Ronald Young, and Raymond Hurst, even though some of these individuals may not have been Plaintiff’s direct supervisors. 2 Although not explained in the parties’…