Barron v. United States

This civilian pay claim is brought to set aside a decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board ( mspb or board) denying plaintiffs claim for reconsideration of an earlier decision upholding plaintiffs dismissal from his federal civilian position. Defendant has brought a motion for summary judgment to which plaintiff has not responded, and the time for response has passed. For the reasons set out below, we uphold the decision of the board.

Plaintiff was employed as an Oceanographer, GS-12, in the Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity (norda) at the time of the termination of his…