Court Opinion

ID: 9460790
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 22:00:28.704286+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:36:47.050483
License: Public Domain

MacKINNON, Circuit Judge
(concurring in part and dissenting in part):
I concur in much of the foregoing opinion but would not go so far as to suggest that the agency should have accepted one of the compromises proposed by appellant. To my mind he was poorly advised by his counsel to refuse the request of the agency for an examination by the Peace Corps’ psychiatrist and for available medical data. When he refused the request for the information, which he had a right to do, he forfeited any right he had to retain his job. The request of the agency was clearly *1104within its power and the circumstances required it to request such additional investigation and information. His answer to the question was sufficiently false to warrant further investigation. That it might not justify a conviction for perjury under Bronston v. United States, 409 U.S. 352, 93 S.Ct. 595, 34 L.Ed.2d 568 (1973), is beside the point. This is not .a perjury case. It is not even a criminal case. It is merely an effort by an agency of the United States to carry out its duty and obligation to staff its positions with competent, reliable people. I would affirm the judgment of the trial court.