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HESSAMI v. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BD.

2019-2291.

979 F.3d 1362 (2020)

Negar HESSAMI, Petitioner v. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: November 9, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kellee Boulais Kruse , The Employment Law Group, Washington, DC, argued for petitioner. Also represented by Robert Scott Oswald .

Jeffrey Gauger , Office of General Counsel, United States Merit Systems Protection Board, Washington, DC, argued for respondent. Also represented by Katherine Michelle Smith , Tristan Leavitt .

Before Newman, Reyna, and Stoll, Circuit Judges.

The petitioner, Dr. Negar Hessami, a former Chief of Pharmacy for a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center, challenges the Merit Systems Protection Board's dismissal of her whistleblower appeal for lack of jurisdiction. We hold that for purposes of the Board's jurisdiction under the Whistleblower Protection Act ("WPA...

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