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OFFICE OF COMPLIANCELA 200, John Adams Building, 110 Second               Street, S.E.              Washington, DC 20540-1999 
_______________________CRANSTON C. JORDAN     Complainant,                    v.                             Case No. 01-SN-378 (CV,RP)                                                    Date: May 21, 2003OFFICE OF THE SENATE  SERGEANT AT ARMS      Respondent._______________________
              Before the Board of Directors: Susan S. Robfogel, Chair; Barbara               L. Camens, Alan V. Friedman; Roberta L. Holzwarth; Barbara Childs               Wallace, Members.

DECISION OF THE BOARD OF               DIRECTORS

On December 9, 2002, the attached decision of               Hearing Officer Curtis von Kann was entered into the records of               the office of Compliance. The Complainant filed a petition for review               of the Hearing Officer's decision, which the Board treated as timely               over the Respondent's objection. The petition included several handwritten               comments addressing portions of the Hearing Officer's decision.               However, the Complainant subsequently did not file a supporting               brief, as prescribed in the Office's Procedural Rules. The Respondent               has moved the Board, alternatively, to dismiss the appeal or strike               the Complainant's petition for review, for his failure to file a               supporting brief.

Although there is a serious question as to whether               this pro se [self-represented] complainant has fully satisfied the               Board's procedural requirements for filing a supporting brief, we               nonetheless conclude that the record contains substantial evidence               supporting the Hearing Officer's conclusion that the termination               of the Complainant's employment was not motivated by factors of               gender discrimination or retaliation. The Board, upon consideration               of the matter, has decided to affirm the Hearing Officer's findings,               and his ultimate conclusion denying the Complainant's claims.1

The Board, for the reasons set forth above, affirms               the Hearing Officer's decision. Because our decision to consider               the case on the merits turns on very individualized procedural events               we do not consider that part of this Decision to constitute precedential               authority.

 It is so ordered.

              ___________________              Susan S. Robfogel, Chair

___________________              Barbara L. Camens, Member

____________________              Alan V. Friedman, Member

____________________              Roberta L. Holzwarth, Member

____________________              Barbara Childs Wallace, Member

              Issued, Washington, D.C.: May 21, 2003
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on this 21st day of May               2003, I delivered a copy of this Decision of the Board of Directors               to the following parties by the identified means:

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Mr. Cranston Jordan              6970 Livingston Road              Indian Head, MD 20640

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Ms. Jean M. Manning, Senate Chief Counsel for               Employment              Ms. Brenda J. Pence, Senate Senior Counsel for Employment              Ms. Erica A. Watkins, Senate Assistant Counsel for Employment              Office of the Senate Chief Counsel for Employment              Senate Hart Building, Room 103              Washington, D.C. 20510

              ___________________              Kisha Harley              Office of Compliance

1               We agree with the Hearing Officer's conclusion, in this quite fact-specific               case, that the evidence does not establish that the Respondent's               action against the Complainant was motivated by considerations of               gender discrimination or retaliation. This determination is dispositive               of the case and renders it unnecessary for us to consider those               legal bases employed by the Hearing Officer in paragraphs 37 and               38 of his decision.

 

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