Adamsen v. Department of Agriculture

FRIEDMAN, Circuit Judge.

A former federal employee challenges the Merit Systems Protection Board (“Board”)’s affirmance of his removal by the Department of Agriculture (“Department”) on the grounds that the Board erroneously determined that (1) the Office of Personnel Management (“OPM”) had approved the Department’s performance appraisal system under which it had removed him; (2) the Department gave him an opportunity to demonstrate that his work was acceptable; and (3) his job requirements were feasible. We conclude that the record is inadequate for us to determine whether OPM had approved…