Sillah

Fatoumata Sillah v. Social Security Administration

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United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaOctober 21, 20253:25-cv-07819California1,017 words

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I. BACKGROUND

The record indicates that Sillah was removed from her job at the SSA on March 2, 2023. (Dkt. No. 1 at 9.) She challenged her removal, and on March 18, 2025, the MSPB reversed her removal. (Id. at 7–31.) In order to resume work, Sillah has been instructed to complete several

1 All citations to page numbers refer to ECF pagination. requirements, including a background investigation pursuant to 5 C.F.R. 1400. (Dkt. No. 11 at 7, 15–17.) Sillah argues that the SSA only chose to make her complete the background investigation after a SSA employee saw a Koran in her purse, and that the decision is discrimination on the basis of her religion. (Dkt. No. 1 at 2.) Sillah filed a petition for enforcement with the MSPB regarding her reinstatement (“Petition”). In the Petition, she challenges the requirement that she complete a background investigation as religious discrimination, and raises several other, independent issues. (Dkt. No. 1 at 81–82, 113–14.) The issues raised in the Petition for enforcement are currently being briefed before the MSPB (id. at 108), and the MSPB has yet to issue a decision on the Petition (id. at 80–84, see also id. at 115 (“I will include…

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