Jeffrey Hawker v. Department of Veterans Affairs

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

2015 MSPB 62

Docket No. DC-1221-14-0802-W-1 Jeffrey Hawker, Appellant, v. Department of Veterans Affairs, Agency. December 10, 2015 Nina Ren, Esquire, Washington, D.C., for the appellant. Jeffrey James Hatch, Roanoke, Virginia, for the agency. BEFORE Susan Tsui Grundmann, Chairman Mark A. Robbins, Member OPINION AND ORDER ¶1 The appellant has filed a petition for review of the initial decision, which dismissed his individual right of action (IRA) appeal for lack of jurisdiction. For the reasons discussed below, we GRANT the appellant’s…