Legal Opinion

FLORENTINO RODRIGUEZ v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OFFICE OF EMPLOYEE APPEALS and DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided August 25, 2016No. 15-CV-997PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMPSON, Associate Judge:

Florentino Rodriguez (“appellant” or the “Employee”) challenges a decision of the District of Columbia Office of Employee Appeals (“OEA”) that upheld his termination from his position as an Urban Park Ranger with the District of Columbia (“District”) Department of Parks and Recreation after he failed a random drug test. He contends, inter alia, that his termination was improper because, in violation of the applicable collective bargaining agreement (the “CBA”), the District’s personnel agency, the District of Columbia Department of Human Resources (“DHR” or the…

2Cases cited18 opinions

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  2. Cornelius v. NuttSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Carolyn Thomas v. Marion BarryCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
  4. Odeniran v. Hanley Wood, LLCDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2009
  5. Edward J. Handy v. U.S. Postal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1985

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