Earl L. James v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

NIES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), Case No. DC07528210354, affirming the removal of petitioner from his position with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commis sion (FERC) for using disrespectful language toward his supervisor. We affirm.

Background

Petitioner was employed as a lithographic pressman with the FERC. In the 13 months preceding petitioner’s removal on October 23, 1981, petitioner had been reprimanded on one occasion and suspended on another for using abusive language. Petitioner had also been suspended for insubordination…