The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of a furloughed Department of Defense employee who waited five years for a decision from an understaffed government board that couldn’t resolve his appeal promptly.
The Supreme Court granted the petition for certiorari, or review, in an unsigned order in Harrow v. Department of Defense late in the business day on Dec. 8. No justices dissented. The court didn’t explain its decision. At least four of the nine justices have to vote in favor of granting the petition for the case to move forward.
