PARSONS v. UNITED STATES DEPT. OF AIR FORCE

No. 82-1687.

707 F.2d 1406 (1983)

Glenn D. PARSONS, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF the AIR FORCE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 6, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Wolly, Washington, D.C., with whom Edward J. Hickey, Jr., Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for petitioner. Thomas A. Woodley, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for petitioner.

Jeffrey N. Gibbs, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., Royce C. Lamberth and R. Craig Lawrence, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for respondent. Alan F. Greenwald, Atty., Merit Systems Protection Bd. and Michael J. Ryan, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., also entered appearances for respondent.

Before WALD and MIKVA, Circuit Judges, and SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.


Opinion PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM:

Petitioner, Glenn D. Parsons, seeks relief from a Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB or Board) decision upholding his removal as a fire fighter at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma by the United States Department of the Air Force (Air Force). On appeal, Parsons argues that because his discharge does not promote the "efficiency of the service" as required by 5 U.S.C. § 7513(a) and because the Air Force did not take into...

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