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Parties Involved:
Department of State
Respondent
Michelle L. Stefanick
Petitioner
U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board
Respondent

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-2053

MICHELLE L. STEFANICK,

Petitioner,

v.

U.S. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Merit Systems

Protection Board. (DC-1221-14-0959-W-1)

Submitted: February 29, 2016 Decided: March 17, 2016

Before KING, AGEE, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.

Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Michelle L. Stefanick, Petitioner Pro Se. Bryan G. Polisuk,

General Counsel, Jeffrey Gauger, Office of the General Counsel, 

MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD, Washington, D.C., for 

Respondent.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM: 

Michelle L. Stefanick seeks review of the Merit Systems 

Protection Board’s order dismissing as untimely her 

whistleblower retaliation appeal. Our review of the record 

reveals that the MSPB did not err in concluding that Stefanick’s 

appeal was untimely filed and that equitable tolling was not 

warranted. Accordingly, we deny the petition for review for the 

reasons stated by the MSPB. Stefanick v. Dep’t of State, No. 

DC-1221-14-0959-W-1 (M.S.P.B. July 31, 2015). 

We grant the Department of State’s motion to amend the 

caption, leaving the MSPB as the sole respondent. See 5 U.S.C. 

§ 7703(a)(2) (2012). We deny Stefanick’s pending motions. We 

dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal 

contentions are adequately presented in the materials before 

this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

PETITION DENIED

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