WATSON v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

No. 94-3440.

64 F.3d 1524 (1995)

Thomas A. WATSON, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

August 29, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Schrier, Staff Counsel, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, Washington, DC, argued for petitioner. With him on the brief were Mark D. Roth, General Counsel and Charles A. Hobbie, Deputy General Counsel.

Patricia L. Petty, Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent. With her on the brief were Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, David M. Cohen, Director and Anthony H. Anikeeff, Assistant Director.

Before NEWMAN, MAYER and BRYSON, Circuit Judges.


MAYER, Circuit Judge.

Thomas A. Watson seeks review of an initial decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board, in which an administrative judge upheld the decision of the Department of Justice to remove him from his position as a border patrol agent in Nogales, Arizona. No. DE0752930374-I-1 (Nov. 18, 1993). This decision became final on May 20, 1994, when the board denied Watson's petition for review. Because we agree that the agency met its burden of proof, we...

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