Peggy A. Knight v. Department of Defense

MICHEL, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Peggy A. Knight appeals the December 6, 1999 decision of the Administrative Judge (“AJ”), Knight v. Dep’t of Defense, CH-0351-99-0381-I-1 (M.S.P.B. 1999), which became the final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (“Board”). The decision affirmed the Department of Defense’s assignment of Knight, who had held a GS-11 Telecommunications Specialist position, to a GS-5 Computer Specialist position. The AJ concluded that the Board lacked subject matter jurisdiction over Knight’s appeal as a reduction-in-force (“RIF”) action under 5 C.F.R. § 351.901…