Robert v. Williams v. Veterans Administration and Merit Systems Protection Board

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Robert V. Williams petitions this court to review an order of the Merit Systems Protection Board (Board), reversing in part and affirming in part an initial determination by a presiding official, and imposing a penalty on Williams of a thirty-day suspension from his job for threatening his supervisor. We reverse the Board’s order, and reinstate the decision and order of the presiding official. Additionally, we construe the presiding official’s decision as recommending but not necessarily requiring the reassignment of Williams to another position.

I. Background.

The…