HAMILTON v. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BD.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kim L. Hamilton, Sterling, Virginia, submitted Pro Se.

Lee A. Black, Arlington, Virginia, was on the brief Amicus Curiae in support of petitioner.

Eric D. Flores, Attorney, Merit Systems Protection Board, of Washington, D.C., submitted for respondent. With him on the brief were Mary L. Jennings, Acting General Counsel and Martha B. Schneider, Assistant General Counsel.

Peter B. Broida, of Arlington, Virginia, was on the brief for Amicus Curiae, Federal Circuit Bar Association. Of counsel was Kenneth J. Nunnenkamp, Finnegan & Henderson, Washington, D.C.

Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, David M. Cohen, Director, Jeanne E. Davidson, Assistant Director and Agnes M. Brown, Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for Amicus Curiae, United States Postal Service.

Before PLAGER, Circuit Judge, NIES, Senior Circuit Judge, and RADER, Circuit Judge.