Legal Opinion
David W. Griffin v. Defense Mapping Agency
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 11, 1989No. 86-520PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MAYER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board, 28 M.S.P.R. 506 (1985), upholding the dismissal of a non-probationary federal employee who failed to obtain the security clearance required for the position he was hired to fill. We affirm.
Background
David Griffin was hired by the Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) for the position of cartographer which required a top secret security clearance. While awaiting the results of the background investigation, DMA employed Griffin for nineteen months, during which time he attended a cartographer training…
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