§1408 Civil Action

Summary

A covered employee who files a civil case under section 1401 or under this part must bring it in a United States district court. The defendant is the employing office the employee says broke the rule or where the problem happened. Either side can ask for a jury when a jury would be allowed under the law that applies here. If the case claims a violation of section 1311, the court must not tell the jury the maximum compensatory damages allowed under section 1311(b)(1) or 1311(b)(3). The Office of House Employment Counsel and its lawyers, including lawyers they hire, may appear in any federal, state, or local court to represent House employing offices in these cases without following that court’s usual admission rules, except they cannot be admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. “Office of House Employment Counsel” means the office set up under the Clerk of the House as of November 12, 2001, any successor office after that date, and anyone the House Rules authorize to represent House employing offices in these actions.