DIEFENDERFER v. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BD.

No. 98-3404.

194 F.3d 1275 (1999)

Mary Rose DIEFENDERFER, Petitioner, v. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

October 14, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sevilla C.P. Claydon, Law Offices of Judith A. Lonnquist, P.S., of Seattle, Washington, argued for petitioner.

Joyce G. Friedman, Attorney, Office of the General Counsel, Merit Systems Protection Board, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent. With her on the brief were Mary L. Jennings, General Counsel, and Martha B. Schneider, Assistant General Counsel.

Before RADER, Circuit Judge, SKELTON and ARCHER, Senior Circuit Judges.


ARCHER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Mary Rose Diefenderfer appeals the decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (Board) dismissing her appeal for lack of jurisdiction. Because the Board does not have jurisdiction to hear Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) whistleblower claims, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

Ms. Diefenderfer was employed as an Aviation Safety Inspector with the FAA in the Seattle Flight Standards District Office in Renton, Washington...

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