Dorfmont v. Brown

913 F.2d 1399 59 USLW 2197 Linda B. DORFMONT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James P. BROWN, Director of Department of Defense, Defense Legal Services Agency, Directorate for Industrial Security Clearance Review; Frank C. Carlucci, Secretary of Defense; United States of America, Defendants-Appellees. No. 88-6580. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 29, 1990. Decided Sept. 10, 1990. Dale M. Fiola, Anaheim, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. Tomson T. Ong, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before NELSON, BRUNETTI and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges. KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge: 1 Linda Dorfmont lost her security clearance. We consider whether the federal courts can do anything about it. Facts 2 Linda Dorfmont worked on United States government defense contracts for Hughes Aircraft, a job for which the Department of Defense had granted her a security clearance. 3 In 1984, while working on one of those defense contracts, Dorfmont found herself in need of a computer programmer. Unable to secure a programmer within the company, she decided to go outside for…