Opinion ID: 69811
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Disla’s Employment

Text: Disla was initially employed with the U.S. Customs Service, and later with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”), from 1994 to 2007. Disla worked mainly in the Miami International Airport (“MIA”), with job duties including passenger processing, baggage control, immigration checkpoint control, and making arrests. Disla wore a uniform and held a firearm and a badge. Around May of 2006, Disla was placed on administrative duty due to allegations that he had assaulted a passenger. Disla was not fired, but his service weapon was taken away, and he no longer had law enforcement authority. Disla continued to receive pay and perform desk work. Around June of 2006, Disla stopped reporting to work and told a supervisor he suffered from anxiety and 3 depression. After Disla stopped reporting to work, CBP considered him to be absent without leave, or AWOL, and paid him no salary. In July 2007, Disla was suspended from his job.