Shakur v. Merit Systems Protection Board

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA MALIK SHAKUR, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Case No. CIV-25-251-R ) DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE, ) et al., ) ) Defendant. ) ORDER After Plaintiff was terminated from his position as a sheet metal mechanic with the U.S. Department of the Air Force, he filed an appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board. The MSPB dismissed his petition for lack of jurisdiction and Plaintiff sought review in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The Federal Circuit determined that Plaintiff’s action was a “mixed” case that asserted both…