Legal Opinion
Robert Beard v. General Services Administration
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided September 19, 1986No. Appeal 85-2035PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge.
The petitioner Beard challenges the decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (Board) affirming his removal from the General Services Administration (GSA or agency) on the grounds that (1) critical findings of the Board are not supported by substantial evidence, and (2) the Board was required itself to determine the appropriate penalty for the violations found instead of reviewing the agency’s choice of penalty to determine whether it constituted an abuse of discretion. We reject these contentions and therefore affirm the Board.
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A. Beard was employed by the GSA as…
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