Legal Opinion
James B. Dowd, Jr. v. The United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 1, 1983No. Appeal 83-582PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARD S. SMITH, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner claims that time-in-grade restrictions were improperly applied to him by the Department of the Army, resulting in its refusal to consider him for a position for which he was otherwise eligible. The Merit Systems Protection Board (board) denied relief on the ground that it lacked jurisdiction of claims arising out of time-in-grade restrictions. We reverse.
Petitioner was a Management Auditor at the GS-7 level with the General Accounting Office, a congressional establishment and so a part of the legislative branch. On July 9, 1980, the Office of…
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