Nasa

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ROBERT M. NELSON; WILLIAM 

BRUCE BRANERDT; 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.

FOSTER; MATTHEW P. GOLOMBEK;

VAROUJAN GORJIAN; ZAREH

GORJIAN; ROBERT J. HAW; JAMES

KULLECK; SHARLON L. LAUBACH;

CHRISTIAN A. LINDENSMITH; No. 07-56424 AMANDA MAINZER; SCOTT D.C. No.

MAXWELL; TIMOTHY P. MCELRATH;

SUSAN PARADISE; KONSTANTIN

 CV-07-05669-ODW

PENANEN; CELESTE M. SATTER; ORDER AND

PETER M. B. SHAMES; AMY SNYDER OPINION

HALE; WILLIAM JOHN WALKER;

PAUL R. WEISSMAN,

Plaintiffs-Appellants, 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;

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7137 7138 NELSON v. NASA

CARLOS M. GUTIERREZ, Secretary  of Commerce, in his official capacity only; CALIFORNIA 

INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,

Defendants-Appellees.  Appeal from…