Constance Horner, Director, Office of Personnel Management v. Manuela G. Garza and American Federation of Government Employees, Afl-Cio, Local 2681

ORDER

DAVIS, Circuit Judge.

Constance Horner, Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), petitions for review of the arbitrator’s award in the matter of Manuela G. Garza and the American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, Local 2681 (Garza). Garza opposes the petition.

The Social Security Administration demoted Garza from a GS-10 grade level to a GS-7 grade level. Pursuant to the collective bargaining agreement, the matter was heard by an arbitrator. The arbitrator sustained the demotion finding that the employing agency met its burden of proving that Garza’s performance was…