Gooden v. Office of Personnel Management

LINN, Circuit Judge.

Michelle Gooden (“Gooden”) petitions for review of the initial decision of the administrative judge (“AJ”) for the Merit Systems Protection Board (“Board”), Gooden v. Office of Pers. Mgmt., No. DE844E-03-0456-I-1 (M.S.P.B. Nov.28, 2003) (“Initial Decision ”), which became the final decision of the Board after it denied Gooden’s petition for review, Gooden v. Office of Pers. Mgmt., No. DE-844E-03-0456-1-1, 2005 WL 1083692 (M.S.P.B. May 4, 2005) (“Final Decision”), affirming a denial of her application for disability benefits by the Office of Personnel Management (“agency”).…