Legal Opinion
Robert H. Girani v. Federal Aviation Administration
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 23, 1991No. 89-3442PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARRETT E. BROWN, Jr., District Judge.
This is an appeal from the award of an arbitrator upholding the removal of petitioner from the federal service. We have jurisdiction under 5 U.S.C. §§ 7121(f) and 7703. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.
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Petitioner was employed by respondent, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), as an air traffic controller in Albuquerque, New Mexico. During an interview in 1987 with FAA investigators, he admitted to off-duty use of cocaine. On October 14, 1987, the FAA notified petitioner that it proposed to remove him from the federal service for “[u]se of…
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