Legal Opinion
Earl v. Dunnington, III v. Department of Justice
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 5, 1992No. 90-3427PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PLAGER, Circuit Judge.
This case presents, seemingly for the first time in this court, the question of what constitutes reasonable cause for summary indefinite suspension of a government employee. The issue is not without difficulty.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) indefinitely suspended petitioner Earl V. Dun-nington, III (Dunnington) without pay from his position as a Border Patrol Agent following Dunnington’s arrest on charges of sexual abuse of a child. The suspension took effect 14 days after it was proposed. Dunnington objected on the grounds, among other things, that he did not receive…
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