Supreme Court Considers Furloughed Pentagon Employee’s Long-Delayed Claim

Published on March 26, 2024

The Supreme Court seemed sympathetic on March 25 to the argument of a furloughed U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) employee who waited five years for an understaffed government board to decide on his compensation claim. The employee argued that his case, which has dragged on for 11 years, should be allowed even though his claim missed a filing deadline. The complex, highly technical case goes back to 2013 when longtime DOD employee Stuart Harrow was furloughed for six days as a result of funding cutbacks, according to the petition (pdf) he filed with the Supreme Court. He asked to be exempted from the furlough on the grounds of financial hardship....

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