LaCHANCE v. JOWANOWITCH

No. 97-3091.

144 F.3d 792 (1998)

Janice R. LACHANCE, Director, Office of Personnel Management, Petitioner, v. Stephen JOWANOWITCH, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

May 20, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd M. Hughes, Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for petitioner. With him on the brief were Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, and David M. Cohen, Director. Of counsel were Lorraine Lewis, General Counsel, and Steven E. Abow, Attorney, Office of General Counsel, Office of Personnel Management, Washington, DC.

William W. Osborne, Jr., Osborne Law Offices, P.C., of Washington, DC, argued for respondent. With him on the brief was Marguerite L. Graft.

Before MAYER, Chief Judge, NEWMAN and PLAGER, Circuit Judges.


MAYER, Chief Judge.

We granted the Director of the Office of Personnel Management's petition for review of an arbitrator's decision, Grievance No. (NC) WP-95-203-ZLA-02, which reversed the Federal Aviation Administration's removal of Stephen Jowanowitch. We reverse.

Background

Stephen Jowanowitch worked for several years as a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Air Traffic Control Specialist. But his 1994 felony conviction led the FAA to...

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