BODDIE v. DEPARTMENT OF NAVY

No. 87-3091.

827 F.2d 1578 (1987)

Vashner M. BODDIE, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF NAVY, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

September 3, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce M. Ludwig, Philadelphia, Pa., argued for petitioner.

Stephen J. McHale, Commercial Litigation Branch, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., argued for respondent. With him on brief were Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., David M. Cohen, Director and Robert A. Reutershan, Asst. Director. Also on the brief were Ray Sheehan and Kenneth Warnick, Naval Sea Systems Command, Dept. of the Navy, Washington, D.C., of counsel.

Before DAVIS, BISSELL and ARCHER, Circuit Judges.


OSCAR H. DAVIS, Circuit Judge.

Because petitioner Boddie, an employee of respondent Navy Department at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, slapped a subordinate employee during a work-related altercation, the former was demoted from the supervisory position of General Foreman Pipefitter, WS-14, to the non-supervisory role of Production Shop Planner (Pipe Fitter), WG-6. The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB or Board), 31 M.S.P.R. 607 (1986), affirmed the charge and that...

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