Legal Opinion
Roche v. Merit Systems Protection Board
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 4, 2010No. 2009-3111PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENDALL, District Judge.
Petitioner Christopher D. Roche (“Roche”), a former employee of the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”), appeals from a final judgment of the Merit Systems Protection Board (“the Board”) dismissing his case for lack of jurisdiction. Because we find that the Board did not err in applying the definition of “employee” set forth in 5 U.S.C. § 7511, and Roche does not dispute that he worked for too little time to qualify as an employee under that definition, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Roche began his employment as an Air Traffic Control Specialist with the FAA on February…
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