Judge: CSRA Precludes Review Of Former NOAA Workers’ Privacy Act Class Suit

( October 1, 2026, 8:02 AM EDT) -- GREENBELT, Md. — A federal judge in Maryland partially granted federal government parties’ motion to dismiss and dismissed without prejudice a putative Privacy Act class complaint by four former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) employees who were terminated based on directives issued by the Trump administration and who alleged that their employment records were incomplete and inaccurate, finding that the Civil Service Reform Act (CSRA) “provides the exclusive means for the Plaintiffs to obtain judicial review of this adverse personnel action.”...