Court Opinion

ID: 854850
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2013-03-11 20:12:39.847572+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:17:19.496837
License: Public Domain

Case: 13-3053    Document: 13     Page: 1    Filed: 03/11/2013

           NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

   United States Court of Appeals
       for the Federal Circuit
                __________________________

             AVON JARRETT SPEARMAN,
                     Petitioner,

                             v.
       MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD,
                  Respondent.
                __________________________

                        2013-3053
                __________________________

    Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection
 Board in case no. DC0752120306-I-1.
                __________________________

                      ON MOTION
                __________________________

                         ORDER

     The Department of the Treasury moves to recaption to
 name the Merit Systems Protection Board as respondent,
 and for a 21-day extension of time for the Board to file its
 response brief.

     Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 7703(a)(2), the Board is desig-
 nated as the respondent when the Board's decision con-
 cerns the procedure or jurisdiction of the Board. The
 employing agency is designated as the respondent when
Case: 13-3053         Document: 13   Page: 2   Filed: 03/11/2013

 AVON SPEARMAN V. MSPB                                       2

 the Board reaches the merits of the underlying case. Here,
 the Board dismissed Spearman’s appeal for lack of jurisdic-
 tion. Thus, the Board is the proper respondent in this
 petition for review.
       Accordingly,
       IT IS ORDERED THAT:

     The motions are granted. The revised official caption
 is reflected above. The Board should calculate its brief
 due date from the date of filing of this order.

                                       FOR THE COURT

                                        /s/ Jan Horbaly
                                       Jan Horbaly
                                       Clerk
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