James B. King, Director, Office of Personnel Management v. Lawrence T. Reid, and Merit Systems Protection Board

ARCHER, Chief Judge.

The Office of Personnel Management (“OPM”) petitioned this court for review of the January 6, 1994 decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (board) denying OPM’s request for reconsideration of the board’s earlier decision in Reid v. Department of Navy, 50 M.S.P.R, 663 (1991) (Reid I). Reid v. Department of Navy, 60 M.S.P.R. 354 (1994) (Reid II). 1 OPM’s petition was granted to answer the following question on appeal: whether an enforcement action containing an allegation of discrimination qualifies as a mixed case under 5 U.S.C. § 7702(a)(1). King v. Reid, misc.…