Legal Opinion

Thomas A. Watson v. Department of Justice

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided August 29, 1995No. 94-3440PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MAYER, Circuit Judge.

Thomas A. Watson seeks review of an initial decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board, in which an administrative judge upheld the decision of the Department of Justice to remove him from his position as a border patrol agent in Nogales, Arizona. No. DE0752930374-I-1 (Nov. 18, 1993). This decision became final on May 20, 1994, when the board denied Watson’s petition for review. Because we agree that the agency met its burden of proof, we affirm.

Background

The facts are not in dispute. Watson was a border patrol agent at the United States Border Patrol facility in…

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