United States Federal Circuit

Termination of plaintiff's employment for failure to qualify during a probationary period, imposed due to 13 years away from the job, is not an abuse of authority where the imposition of a reasonable condition to accommodate a special circumstance is not an illegal employment action.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/01/2004
• Published 09/01/2004

Judges

• NEWMAN, Circuit Judge., Before NEWMAN, MICHEL, and RADER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ronda R. Shelton, of Tecumseh, OK, pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Claudia Burke, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, for respondent.   With her on the brief were Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General;  David M. Cohen, Director, and Mark A. Melnick, Assistant Director.