Hagen v. Department of Defense

Petitioner, Thomas E. Hagen, moving pro se, seeks review of a decision by the Merit Systems Promotion Board (the “MSPB”). The MSPB had dismissed his appeal for lack of jurisdiction to review a decision by the United States Defense Commissary Agency (“DeCA”) that removed Hagen from his position as a store worker at a commissary in Albany, Georgia. Hagen was removed based on a violation of a last chance agreement (“LCA”). Thomas E. Hagen v. Dep’t of Defense, No. AT0752020836-I-1, slip op. at 15 (M.S.P.B. Dec.18, 2002). Hagen challenges his removal on the basis that his right to procedural due…