The Supreme Court granted certiorari in a federal sector employment case, Klockner v. Solis, from the Eighth Circuit. The issue in the case is whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit or, alternatively, a U.S. federal district court, has jurisdiction when the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) decides a mixed case, i.e., one containing both disputed termination and unlawful discrimination claims, without determining the merits of the discrimination claim. The brief filed on behalf of the federal employee Petitioner can be found here:http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Pet_Kloeckner.pdf
