Calhoun v. Department of the Army

NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Victoria Calhoun appeals the decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (“Board”) sustaining the action of the Department of the Army imposing a six day furlough in July and August of 2013 in response to sequestration legislation. 1 We discern no reversible error in the Board’s decision.

BACKGROUND

The Budget Control Act of 2011 established spending limits for federal agencies and required automatic spending cuts (“sequestration”) if certain deficit reduction legislation was not enacted. Pub. L. No. 112-25, §§ 101-103, 125 Stat. 240, 241-46 (2011). The American…