Case law

William Lantis v. Office of Personnel Management

Merit Systems Protection Board · Feb 20, 2025

As the administrative judge correctly found, such a rescission divests the Board of jurisdiction over the appeal. See Campbell v. Office of Personnel Management , 123 M.S.P.R. 240, ¶ 7 (2016); Brown v. … See Fletcher v.

Richard L. Miller v. Office of Personnel Management

2016 MSPB 44 · Merit Systems Protection Board · Dec 20, 2016

The Board also has recognized that the Handbook lacks the force of law, but is entitled to deference in proportion to its “power to persuade.” Warren v. … Russo v.

Brenda Bryant v. Department of Agriculture

Merit Systems Protection Board · Dec 28, 2023

The appellant bears the burden of proving by preponderant evidence that the matter she is appealing is within the Board’s authority to review. Brown v. U.S. Postal Service, 115 M.S.P.R. 609, ¶ 11, aff’d, 469 F. … See Brown, 115 M.S.P.R. 609, ¶ 11. For the following reasons, we find that the appellant failed to make a 2 The terms coercion and duress have been used interchangeably by the Board. See Soler-Minardo v.

Kelby Yoon v. Department of the Army

Merit Systems Protection Board · Apr 12, 2023

Veterans Administration, 5 M.S.P.R. 280 (1981), does  6 not apply. 3 Brown v. … See Brown, 121 M.S.P.R. 205, ¶ 19.

Sandra Barrowclough v. Department of Veterans Affairs

Merit Systems Protection Board · Dec 23, 2024

v. … Brown v. Department of the Interior, 121 M.S.P.R. 205, ¶ 18 (2014), overruled on other grounds by Haas v. Department of Homeland Security , 2022 MSPB 36.

Taylor M. Sharpe v. Environmental Protection Agency

Merit Systems Protection Board · Mar 20, 2015

See Mahoney v. U.S. Postal Service, 37 M.S.P.R. 146, 149 (1988). … See Stewart v. U.S. Postal Service, 73 M.S.P.R. 104, 107 (1997).

Rachel K. Angel v. Office of Personnel Management

2015 MSPB 33 · Merit Systems Protection Board · Apr 15, 2015

Newkirk v. … See Rucker v.

Joan Harrup v. Department of Defense

Merit Systems Protection Board · May 17, 2024

See, e.g., Hosozawa v. … Brown v. U.S. Postal Service, 115 M.S.P.R. 609, ¶ 5,  5 aff’d per curiam, 469 F. App’x 852 (Fed. Cir. 2011).

Larry D. Williams v. United States Postal Service

Merit Systems Protection Board · Jun 17, 2016

See Maddox v. Merit Systems Protection Board, 759 F.2d 9, 10 (Fed. … IAF, Tab 1 at 11. ¶8 The Board’s case law offers some support to the agency’s assertion that OPM administers matters concerning applications to make a deposit or redeposit. See Brown v.

Nikki A. Gardner v. Department of Veterans Affairs

2016 MSPB 36 · Merit Systems Protection Board · Oct 7, 2016

See Russo v. … Fargnoli v.

Nikki A. Gardner v. Department of Veterans Affairs

2016 MSPB 36 · Merit Systems Protection Board · Oct 7, 2016

See Russo v. … Fargnoli v.

Ronald G. Bowman v. Small Business Administration

2015 MSPB 18 · Merit Systems Protection Board · Feb 23, 2015

See Allen v. … Hill v.

Timothy Allen Rainey v. Department of State

2015 MSPB 49 · Merit Systems Protection Board · Aug 6, 2015

Hughes v. Office of Personnel Management, 119 M.S.P.R. 677, ¶ 7 (2013). … FOR THE BOARD: ______________________________ William D. Spencer Clerk of the Board Washington, D.C.

Mark Geraghty Wonders v. Department of the Army

Merit Systems Protection Board · Mar 22, 2016

v. … Department of the Air Force, 119 M.S.P.R. 246, ¶ 12 (2013); see Brown v.

Jay Holstein v. Department of Veterans Affairs

Merit Systems Protection Board · Nov 14, 2022

IAF, Tab 1 at 6, 10-12, Tab 3 at 3; see Brown v. U.S. Postal Service, 115 M.S.P.R. 609, ¶¶ 13, 15, aff’d, 469 F. App’x 852 (Fed. … Williams v. Merit Systems Protection Board, 892 F.3d 1156 (Fed. Cir. 2018).

Scott Holton v. Department of the Navy

2016 MSPB 39 · Merit Systems Protection Board · Nov 2, 2016

See Banks v. … Buelna v.

Jerry Hodges v. Department of Justice

2014 MSPB 54 · Merit Systems Protection Board · Jul 17, 2014

See IAF, Tab 35 at 9 (citing Edwards v. Department of Transportation, 109 M.S.P.R. 579, ¶ 19 (2008), and Street v. … FOR THE BOARD: ______________________________ William D. Spencer Clerk of the Board Washington, D.C.

Lance McDermott v. United States Postal Service

Merit Systems Protection Board · Oct 13, 2015

Brown v. … See Rosario-Fabregas v. Department of the Army, 122 M.S.P.R. 468, ¶¶ 18-19 (2015); Brown, 121 M.S.P.R. 205, ¶ 22; Simpson v. U.S. Postal Service, 113 M.S.P.R. 346, ¶ 16 (2010).

Francis A. Mithen v. Department of Veterans Affairs

2015 MSPB 38 · Merit Systems Protection Board · May 28, 2015

The appellant filed a petition for review of this initial decision, which the Board granted. Mithen v. … 5 Mithen v.

Eric Williams v. Department of Defense

2022 MSPB 29 · Merit Systems Protection Board · Aug 31, 2022

Banks v. … See Downs v.