Whitman

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

TERRY L. WHITMAN,  No. 05-36231 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v.  CV-04-00018-A-

NORMAN Y. MINETA, JKS

Defendant-Appellee.  OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska James K. Singleton, Senior District Judge, Presiding

Submitted August 7, 2008* Anchorage, Alaska

Filed September 2, 2008

Before: Dorothy W. Nelson, A. Wallace Tashima, and Raymond C. Fisher, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge D.W. Nelson

*The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

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COUNSEL

Terry L. Whitman, Anchorage, Alaska, Pro Se appellant.

August E. Flentje, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the appellee.

OPINION

D.W. NELSON, Senior Circuit Judge:

Terry Whitman (“Whitman”) was employed by the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) as a Flight Data Specialist 12052 WHITMAN v. MINETA at the Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control…