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Parties Involved:
American Federation of Government Employees, Local 3006
Petitioner
Federal Labor Relations Authority
Respondent

Document Text:

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United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

Argued November 18, 1997 Decided November 28, 1997 

No. 96-1344

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, LOCAL 2986,

PETITIONER

v.

FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY,

RESPONDENT

Consolidated with

No. 96-1363

On Petitions for Review of Orders of the 

Federal Labor Relations Authority

Anne M. Wagner argued the cause for petitioners, with 

whom Mark Roth was on the briefs.

Ann M. Boehm, Attorney, Federal Labor Relations Authority, argued the cause for respondent, with whom David 

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M. Smith, Solicitor, and William R. Tobey, Deputy Solicitor, 

were on the brief.

Before: EDWARDS, Chief Judge, WALD and RANDOLPH, 

Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM: We dismiss the petitions for review of the 

decisions of the Federal Labor Relations Authority ("Authority") in American Federation of Government Employees, Local 2986, 51 F.L.R.A. No. 126 (July 19, 1996), and American 

Federation of Government Employees, Local 3006, 51 

F.L.R.A. No. 142 (July 31, 1996), for want of jurisdiction.

In these cases, Locals 2986 and 3006 of the American 

Federation of Government Employees ("Unions") sought severance pay pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 5595 (1994 & Supp. 1996), 

on behalf of former civilian technicians of the National Guard 

who were terminated from their positions because of their 

failure to maintain membership in the National Guard. In 

both cases, arbitrators awarded severance pay to the former 

technicians, and the National Guard Bureau filed exceptions 

to the arbitration awards with the Authority. The Authority 

purported to review the arbitrators' decisions under 5 U.S.C. 

§ 7122(a) (1994); in each case, the Authority overturned the 

awards granting severance pay. The Unions seek review of 

the Authority's decisions, claiming that the Authority did not 

have jurisdiction under § 7122(a) to consider the National 

Guard Bureau's exceptions to the arbitration awards.

This court lacks jurisdiction under 5 U.S.C. § 7123 to 

review the Authority's decisions in these cases. We do not 

discern a violation of a clear statutory mandate by the 

Authority which would warrant judicial intervention under 

standards of the sort enunciated in Leedom v. Kyne, 358 U.S. 

184 (1958), and like precedent. Moreover, this case does not 

come within the compass of the holding in United States 

Dep't of Treasury v. FLRA, 43 F.3d 682 (D.C. Cir. 1994), 

pursuant to which this court might have jurisdiction to review 

the Authority's decisions. Accordingly, the petitions for review are dismissed.

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