Richard J. Griessenauer v. Department of Energy

FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (Board) dismissing for lack of jurisdiction the petitioner’s appeal from his resignation from federal employment. 20 M.S.P.R. 172 The petitioner contended (1) that he had not in fact resigned, and (2) that any resignation of his was involuntary. The Board rejected both contentions and, because its jurisdiction over resignations is limited to involuntary ones, dismissed the appeal for want of jurisdiction. We affirm and, since we conclude that the appeal is frivolous, assess costs and attorney’s…