Ralph R. Bergman v. Department of Commerce

BENNETT, Senior Circuit Judge.

OPINION

Petitioner, Ralph R. Bergman, appeals from the decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB or board), No. DE035192016321, dated June 2, 1992, dismissing his petition for review upon the grounds that it was barred by the doctrine of res judicata and lacked evidence or argument meeting the criteria for reopening or reconsidering a prior decision. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

In October 1962, petitioner was hired as a physicist by the National Bureau of Standards (Bureau), a constituent agency of the Department of Commerce. Through a reduction-in-force (RIF),…