Doris G. Francisco v. Alan K. Campbell, Chairman, Jule M. Sugarman, Vice Chairman, and Ersa H. Poston, Member, United States Civil Service Commission

TANG, Circuit Judge:

Doris Francisco is a civilian Naval employee whose discharge by the Navy for violation of two of its regulations was upheld by the Civil Service Commission. Upon review of Francisco’s challenge to this administrative action, the district court found that substantial evidence supported only one of the charged violations, and that Francisco’s punishment was so disproportionate to the offense as to constitute an abuse of discretion. We likewise find that substantial evidence supports only one of the charges and that Francisco’s removal was an abuse of discretion.

At the time…