Legal Opinion
W. Lloyd Grafton v. Department of the Treasury
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided December 29, 1988No. 88-3209PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COWEN, Senior Circuit Judge.
W. Lloyd Grafton (petitioner) appeals from the final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB or board), Docket No. DA07528710466, which sustained his removal by the Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (the agency) from his position as a Criminal Investigator (Special Agent). We vacate and remand for the imposition of a lesser penalty.
BACKGROUND
The agency based its removal of petitioner on five charges including: (1) inappropriate discharge of a firearm, (2) acting outside the official scope of his authority, (3)…
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