Charles D. Goines v. Merit Systems Protection Board

FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

The principal issue is whether the Merit Systems Protection Board (“Board”) correctly dismissed, for lack of jurisdiction, the petitioner Goines’ appeal from the withholding of a within-grade increase, because Goines had not requested reconsideration of that action by his agency. Goines v. Dep’t of Agric., Nos. DC-531D-00-0424-I-1 and DC-3443-00-0463-1-1 (Merit Sys. Prot. Bd. May 30, 2000) (“Initial Decision”). We affirm.

I

Under the General Schedule for government employees, which covered the position Goines had with the Department of Agriculture, there are…