Opinion ID: 695086
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Heading Rank: 5

Heading: The Reasonableness of the Disciplinary Action

Text: 27 It is well established that the selection of a penalty for employee misconduct is left to the sound discretion of the agency. See, e.g., Washington v. Department of Army, 813 F.2d 390 (Fed.Cir.), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 985 (1987). We hold that the agency's removal of Cooper for being AWOL and lying to a supervisor was appropriate and not so unreasonable as to constitute an abuse of discretion, particularly in view of his prior problems. 1 See, e.g., id.; cf. Beverly v. United States Postal Service, 907 F.2d 136 (Fed.Cir.1990) (removal for one day of AWOL and for fraudulently claiming sick leave for that day).