Can a plaintiff bring a claim for equal protection and due process violations against the federal defendants?

As an initial matter it must be noted, contrary to plaintiffs' allegations, that the fourteenth amendment applies only to state action and therefore cannot be the basis for a claim against the federal defendants. Nonetheless, the fifth amendment may serve as the basis for an allegation of both equal protection and due process violations against federal defendants in that certain discrimination may be so unjustified as to be violative of due process. Bolling v. Sharpe, 347 U.S. 497, 74 S.Ct. 693, 98 L.Ed. 884 (1954).