CAMPBELL v. SPEER

Filing 65

MEMORANDUM OPINION in re 57 Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by District Judge Claude M. Hilton on 04/16/2018. (jlan)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
Alexandria Division

WALTON CAMPBELL,
Plaintiff,

Civil Action No. 1:17-CV-00568

V.

MARK ESPER,

Secretary of the Army
Defendant.

Memorandum Opinion

THIS MATTER comes before the Court on Defendant's Motion
for Summary Judgment.

This suit arises out of the 852-day unpaid suspension that

Plaintiff Walton Campbell, 57 years-old at the time of the

suspension, was placed on by his employer, the Army Corps of
Engineer's

Engineer

Research

and

Development

Center

(the

"ERDC"). Beginning in 2004, Plaintiff was employed by the ERDC

as a physical scientist at the ERDC's Topographic Engineering
Center (the "TEC") laboratory in Alexandria, Virginia. Because

the TEC laboratory is designated as a restricted area, and
because

the

TEC

works

almost

exclusively

with

classified

information. Plaintiff was required to maintain a Top Secret
clearance and access to Sensitive Compartmented Information.