PATTERSON v. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

No. 05-3047.

424 F.3d 1151 (2005)

Guy C. PATTERSON, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF the INTERIOR, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

September 19, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy C. Patterson, pro se petitioner.

Cristina C. Ashworth, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, for respondent. With him on the brief were Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, David M. Cohen, Director and Robert E. Kirschman, Jr., Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were Steven E. Abow and Risa B. Cherry, Attorneys, Office of Personnel Management, of Washington, DC.

Before SCHALL, Circuit Judge, ARCHER, Senior Circuit Judge, and BRYSON, Circuit Judge.


SCHALL, Circuit Judge.

Guy C. Patterson applied for the position of Attorney-Advisor, GS-0905-11/13, with the Department of the Interior ("agency") in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After the agency did not select him for the position, Mr. Patterson appealed to the Merit Systems Protection Board ("Board"), asserting claims under the Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 ("VEOA"), Pub.L. No. 105-339, 112 Stat. 3182 (codified at 5 U.S.C. § 3330a et seq.<...

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