Opinion ID: 483378
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: unsupported by substantial evidence.

Text: 10 The MSPB has held that an employee's statutory right to a full and fair hearing includes the following: 11 [An] appellant under 5 U.S.C. Sec. 7701 has a statutory right to a hearing. Inherent in this right to a hearing is the right of appellant to testify and present witnesses in support of his or her contentions. Interstate Commerce Commission v. Louisville & Nashville R. Co., 227 U.S. 88, 33 S.Ct. 185, 57 L.Ed. 431 (1913); Londoner v. Denver, 210 U.S. 373, 386, 28 S.Ct. 708, 714, 52 L.Ed. 1103 (1908); Sanislo v. Department of Transportation, 15 M.S.P.R. 576 (1983).    Also inherent in appellant's right to a hearing is the right to present every available defense. American Surety Company v. Baldwin, 287 U.S. 156, 53 S.Ct. 98, 77 L.Ed. 231 (1932); Sanislo, supra. 12 Long v. Department of Transportation, 17 M.S.P.R. 384, 386 (1983).