Opinion ID: 4512195
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Heading: Keys’ District Court Litigation in the

Text: District of Columbia Appellant James Keys (“Keys”) was previously em- ployed as a Senior Administrative Management Specialist, GS-0301-14, with the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Keys v. Dep’t of Housing and Urban Dev., Dkt. No. 1221-19-0150-W-1, 2019 MSPB LEXIS 3462, at  (MSPB Apr. 14, 2015) (“Keys I”). In September 2013, Keys filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, alleging that the agency subjected him to illegal discrimination and retaliation based on Keys’ prior claims of race and age discrimination. S.A. 101. On January 26, 2015, in response to the agency’s motion for summary judgment, Keys accused his supervisor, Nelson Bregón, and other unnamed senior agency officials of lying under oath. S.A. 39–41. On February 5, 2015, Mr. Bregón informed Keys that he was being reassigned to a new division with a new supervisor. S.A. 102. The following month, on March 21, 2015, Keys resigned from employment with the agency. S.A. 69; S.A. 91. Case: 20-1063 Document: 26 Page: 3 Filed: 03/03/2020 KEYS v. MSPB 3