Holmes v. Department of Justice

Robert Holmes, Jr. seeks review of a final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (“Board”), which dismissed his appeal for lack of jurisdiction. In the dismissed appeal, Mr. Holmes alleged that the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) violated his rights under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (“USERRA”). After an administrative judge reviewed and considered the written documents and statements in the record, the full Board agreed that Mr. Holmes failed to allege that the DOJ discriminated against him on the basis of his prior military service when the…