Howard D. Cowan v. The United States

EDWARD S. SMITH, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner appeals from the Merit Systems Protection Board (board) decision that he stated no claim, in connection with his separation in a reduction-in-force action, over which the board has jurisdiction. We affirm.

Petitioner was employed as an Aviation Safety Inspector with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the Department of Agriculture. At the time of his separation he was stationed at Guadalajara, Mexico, as part of the joint Mexican-American program to eradicate the screwworm. He was assigned to Guadalajara in 1976 from his prior…