Betty J. Holderfield v. Merit Systems Protection Board

LOURIE, Circuit Judge.

Betty J. Holderfield petitions for review of the final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board dismissing her Individual Right of Action (“IRA”) appeal for lack of jurisdiction. Holderfield v. Dep’t of Treasury, No. AT-1221-01-0306-W-1, 92 M.S.P.R. 227, 2002 WL 1377912 (M.S.P.B. June 21, 2002) (final order). Because the Board’s decision contains legal error, we vacate and remand.

BACKGROUND

Ms. Holderfield is employed as a revenue agent at the Internal Revenue Service’s (“IRS’s”) Dalton, Georgia facility. On October 18, 1999, Holderfield filed the first of a series…