Brown v. Merit Systems Protection Board

NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Donna Brown seeks review of the decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (“MSPB”), dismissing her appeal for failure to prosecute. Brown v. Dep’t of Veterans Affairs, 116 M.S.P.R. 85, 2010 MSPB LEXIS 6085 (M.S.P.B. Oct. 15, 2010). We affirm.

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Ms. Brown was terminated from her employment as a Patient Services Assistant with the Department of Veterans Affairs (the “VA”) on February 26, 2010. She appealed to the MSPB, identifying Anne K. Igoe of the Service Employees International Union as her designated representative. The VA filed a response, and on April 8,…