Plaintiffs, a class of similarly situated federal probationary employees from the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Treasury, Commerce, Health and Human Services, the Navy, and the General Services Administration, bring this action against the cabinet secretaries and leaders of administrative departments of the federal government seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. Plaintiffs challenge their summary terminations, which they allege were unlawfully ordered by the Office of Personnel Management and falsely attributed to poor performance, as violations of their Fifth Amendment due process rights. They claim these actions were illegal under the Constitution and the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 706(2), constituting a de facto unlawful reduction in force without due process or factual basis. Plaintiffs request that the Court order their reinstatement to active work status and direct defendant agencies to publicly correct the record to clear their professional reputations.
