Legal Opinion

Chase v. Public Defender Service

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided September 11, 2008No. 06-CV-1281PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FISHER, Associate Judge:

The Office of Employee Appeals (“OEA”) dismissed an appeal filed by appellant Carl Chase, a former employee of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (“PDS”), and Chase now asks us to reverse a judgment of the Superior Court which affirmed that decision. Concluding that the District of Columbia Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act, D.C.Code §§ 1-601.01 et seq. (2001) (“CMPA”), does not apply to PDS, and agreeing that the OEA therefore lacked jurisdiction over appellant’s petition, we affirm.

I. Events Leading to this Appeal

On January 10, 2001, PDS sent…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Palmore v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Swain v. PressleySupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. Pernell v. Southall RealtySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. National Union of Marine Cooks & Stewards v. ArnoldSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  5. Chamberlain v. American Honda Finance Corp.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2007

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3Cited by9 opinions

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