YOUSSEF v. F.B.I.

No. 11-5069.

687 F.3d 397 (2012)

Bassem YOUSSEF, Appellant v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 20, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen M. Kohn argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs were David K. Colapinto and Richard R. Renner .

Stephanie R. Marcus , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellees. With her on the brief were Tony West , Assistant Attorney General, Ronald C. Machen Jr. , U.S. Attorney, and Marleigh D. Dover , Attorney. Robert M. Loeb , Attorney, entered an appearance.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GRIFFITH.


GRIFFITH, Circuit Judge:

Bassem Youssef, an Egyptian-born American citizen, claims that his employer, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, discriminated against him on the basis of his national origin after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, by not placing him in a substantive position dealing with counter-terrorism and instead transferring him to a job for which he was dramatically overqualified. He also claims that the FBI retaliated against him when he...

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