Legal Opinion
Norman Dawson v. Merit Systems Protection Board, Office of Personnel Management, Intervenor
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 12, 1983No. 82-2421PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the Merit Systems Protection Board’s order denying the petitioner’s request for attorney’s fees under 5 U.S.C. § 7701(g). The Merit Systems Protection Board found that they had the authority to award attorney’s fees to the petitioner under 5 U.S.C. § 7701(g), but that an award of attorney’s fees was not warranted in this case. The Office of Personnel Management asserts that the Board did not have the authority to award attorney’s fees regardless of the merits of the petitioner’s case because an appeal of the Office of Personnel Management’s…
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