Gibson v. United States

The plaintiff, then a civil service employee of the United States and a veteran preference eligible under the Veterans’ Preference Act of 1944, 5 U.S.C. § 851 et seq. (1958), was separated from the Government service at the close of April 30, 1959, when his position as medical photographer, GS-Y, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Little Bock, Arkansas, was abolished. The plaintiff contends that his separation was unlawful, and sues for back pay. He alleges, primarily, that his separation from the Government service was arbitrary and capricious, because it resulted from a “scheme * *…