Legal Opinion
Bergman v. Paulson
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 1, 2008No. Civil Action 06-303 (GK)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
GLADYS KESSLER, District Judge.
This case presents the following bizarre situation. A highly qualified and experienced specialist in tax law, working for the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) at the Department of the Treasury, employed at a GS-14, Step 6 level, had no substantive work to do and therefore sought a transfer to the IRS Office of Chief Counsel where she had worked at an earlier time, had performed with distinction, and had received a cash bonus as well as a Certificate of Merit. Because of the lack of substantive work, which the Government does not deny, the…
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