Merla J. Mullenberg v. United States of America, Department of Health & Human Services, and Dr. Otis Bowen, Secretary of Health & Human Services

BENNETT, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision of the United States District Court for the District of Montana in Mullenberg v. Bowen, No. CV 82-126-BLG-JFB (D.Mont. May 9, 1986) (unpublished), the orders in the same case issued on November 7 and December 17, 1986, and the judgment of December 18, 1986. The decision granted the plaintiffs motion for summary judgment and denied the defendants’ like motion. The plaintiff sought and was awarded reinstatement and back pay due to allegedly improper dismissal from her position as a dental assistant at an Indian Health Service (IHS)…