United States Federal Circuit
Purifoy v. Dep't of Veterans Affairs, 2015-3196
In an appeal of a final order by the Merit Systems Protection Board affirming the Department of Veterans Affairs' decision to remove petitioner from his position as a housekeeping aid over two charges of extended unauthorized absence, the Board's order reversing an administrative judge's (AJ) reinstatement of petitioner following a 40-day suspension is vacated where the Board's analysis improperly omitted relevant Douglas factors and discarded the AJ's credibility determinations without an adequate rationale.
Appellate Information
- Published 2016/10/04
Judges
- STOLL
Court
- United States Federal Circuit