Legal Opinion
Appleberry v. Department of Homeland Security
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided July 8, 2015No. 2014-3123PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TARANTO, Circuit Judge.
Cathy Appleberry worked for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, an agency within the Department of Homeland Security, and was covered by a collective bargaining agreement. Deeming her performance unsatisfactory, the agency placed her on a “performance improvement plan” and then found that she failed to improve. Eventually, relying on that failure, the Department fired her.
When Ms. Appleberry brought her removal to arbitration, as authorized (but not required) by the collective bargaining agreement, the arbitrator concluded that she could not challenge the key…
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