Robert S. Dunning v. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

SCALIA, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Robert Dunning seeks review of a decision by the Merit Systems Protection Board to affirm a 15-day suspension imposed on him by respondent, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). He complains that the Board’s action was invalid because the Board did not comply with its own procedural regulations in making its decision, and because the decision itself was arbitrary, capricious, and not supported by substantial evidence. We find none of these challenges to the Board’s action valid, and affirm.

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Dunning, an aerospace engineer-, has been employed…