Nelson v. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ROBERT M. NELSON; WILLIAM 

BRUCE BANERDT; JULIA BELL;

JOSETTE BELLAN; DENNIS V.

BYRNES; GEORGE CARLISLE; KENT

ROBERT CROSSIN; LARRY R.

D’ADDARIO; RILEY M. DUREN;

PETER R. EISENHARDT; SUSAN D.J. No. 07-56424

FOSTER; MATTHEW P. GOLOMBEK;

D.C. No.

VAROUJAN GORJIAN; ZAREH

CV-07-05669-ODW

GORJIAN; ROBERT J. HAW; JAMES

KULLECK; SHARLON L. LAUBACH;  Central District of California,

CHRISTIAN A. LINDENSMITH;

Los Angeles

AMANDA MAINZER; SCOTT

MAXWELL; TIMOTHY P. MCELRATH; ORDER

SUSAN PARADISE; KONSTANTIN

PENANEN; CELESTE M. SATTER;

PETER M. B. SHAMES; AMY SNYDER

HALE; WILLIAM JOHN WALKER;

PAUL R. WEISSMAN,

Plaintiffs-Appellants, 

14095 14096 NELSON v. NASA

v. 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

ADMINISTRATION, an Agency of the United States; MICHAEL GRIFFIN, Director of NASA, in his official capacity only; UNITED STATES

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE; CARLOS



M. GUTIERREZ, Secretary of

Commerce, in his official capacity only; CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF

TECHNOLOGY,

Defendants-Appellees.  Filed October…