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BARRASH v. BOWEN

Nos. 86-3123, 86-3129.

846 F.2d 927 (1988)

Rona BARRASH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellant. Rona BARRASH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 24, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Samuel Koppel, Appellate Staff, Civil Div., Dept. of Justice (Linda A. Ruiz, Office of Gen. Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., Breckinridge L. Willcox, U.S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., William Kanter, Appellate Staff, Civil Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., on brief), for Bowen.

Thomas J.S. Waxter, Jr. (Donald R. Delorenz, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for Barrash.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge, and JOHN R. HARGROVE, United States District Judge, sitting by designation.

PER CURIAM:

The district court found that the plaintiff's discharge, because of unauthorized absence from a job with the Social Security Administration, was a violation of the plaintiff's constitutional and contractual rights. It ordered her reinstatement and awarded her back pay in the amount of $25,432.95, and attorneys' fees of approximately $74,000. Since we find that her discharge was lawful, we reverse.

I.

The plaintiff is a young married woman...

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