Coates v. Department of the Air Force

This is an appeal from a decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (mspb or board), entered May 26,1981, No. DC07528010120, affirming an earlier decision of the board entered September 30, 1980, which dismissed petitioner’s appeal on the grounds that it was not timely and good cause had not been shown for waiving the time limits for appeal.

On March 23, 1979, petitioner was given notice of her proposed removal from her civilian secretarial position by the Department of the Air Force (af) on the grounds of unauthorized absenteeism and past disciplinary actions. On April 20, 1979,…