Legal Opinion
McCarthy v. International Boundary and Water Commission
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided October 15, 2012No. 2011-3239UnpublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PROST, Circuit Judge.
Robert McCarthy, who was formerly employed as a supervisory attorney for the United States International Boundary and Water Commission (the “Commission” or the “USIBWC”), appeals from an order of the Merit Systems Protection Board (“Board”) holding that the Commission did not violate the Whistleblower Protection Act (“WPA”), 5 U.S.C. § 2302(b)(8), when it removed Mr. McCarthy. For the reasons discussed below, this court affirms.
I. BACKGROUND
A
USIBWC Commissioner Bill Ruth hired Mr. McCarthy to serve in the excepted service as a permanent, full-time, supervisory attorney…
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