James W. Johnson v. Department of the Treasury

DAVIS, Circuit Judge.

James W. Johnson’s motion for a third continuance of the hearing in the administrative appeal of his removal from the position of plate printer at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing 1 was denied by the presiding official of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB or Board). When petitioner and his counsel both failed to appear at the scheduled hearing, the presiding official decided the case on the existing record and upheld the removal. The full Board denied Johnson’s appeal to it, on the ground that the presiding official’s actions were correct. Petitioner seeks…