Court Opinion

ID: 2769546
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2015-01-13 18:00:15.953823+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:45:51.385099
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
                        MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

     VANESSA L. DAVIS,                               DOCKET NUMBER
                   Appellant,                        SF-0353-13-0414-I-1

                  v.

     UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE,                   DATE: January 13, 2015
                   Agency.

             THIS FINAL ORDER IS NONPRECEDENTIAL *

           James Andrews, Jr., Gardena, California, for the appellant.

           Gregory Brumfield, Jr., Esq., San Diego, California, for the agency.

                                           BEFORE

                              Susan Tsui Grundmann, Chairman
                              Anne M. Wagner, Vice Chairman
                                 Mark A. Robbins, Member

                                        FINAL ORDER

¶1         The appellant has filed a petition for review of the December 27, 2013
     initial decision in this appeal.    Initial Appeal File, Tab 17, Initial Decision;
     Petition for Review (PFR) File, Tab 1. During later discussions, the appellant

     *
        A nonprecedential order is one that the Board has determined does not add
     significantly to the body of MSPB case law. Parties may cite nonprecedential orders,
     but such orders have no precedential value; the Board and administrative judges are not
     required to follow or distinguish them in any future decisions. In contrast, a
     precedential decision issued as an Opinion and Order has been identified by the Board
     as significantly contributing to the Board’s case law. See 5 C.F.R. § 1201.117(c).
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     decided to withdraw the petition for review, and submitted a letter to that effect.
     PFR File, Tab 5. The agency has no objection to the withdrawal of the petition
     for review. Id., Tab 7.
¶2        Finding that withdrawal is appropriate under these circumstances, we
     DISMISS the petition for review as withdrawn with prejudice to refiling. The
     initial decision of the administrative judge is final.    This is the Board’s final
     decision in this matter.    Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, section
     1201.113 (5 C.F.R. § 1201.113).

                     NOTICE TO THE APPELLANT REGARDING
                        YOUR FURTHER REVIEW RIGHTS
          You have the right to request the United States Court of Appeals for the
     Federal Circuit to review this final decision. You must submit your request to the
     court at the following address:
                                United States Court of Appeals
                                    for the Federal Circuit
                                  717 Madison Place, N.W.
                                   Washington, DC 20439

          The court must receive your request for review no later than 60 calendar
     days after your receipt of this order. If you have a representative in this case, and
     your representative receives this order before you do, then you must file with the
     court no later than 60 calendar days after receipt by your representative. If you
     choose to file, be very careful to file on time. The court has held that normally it
     does not have the authority to waive this statutory deadline and that filings that
     do not comply with the deadline must be dismissed.          See Pinat v. Office of
     Personnel Management, 931 F.2d 1544 (Fed. Cir. 1991)
          If you need further information about your right to appeal this decision to
     court, you should refer to the federal law that gives you this right. It is found in
     Title 5 of the United States Code, section 7703 (5 U.S.C. § 7703). You may read
     this law, as well as review the Board’s regulations and other related material, at
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our website, http://www.mspb.gov.      Additional information is available at the
court's website, www.cafc.uscourts.gov.     Of particular relevance is the court's
"Guide for Pro Se Petitioners and Appellants," which is contained within the
court's Rules of Practice, and Forms 5, 6, and 11.
     If you are interested in securing pro bono representation for your court
appeal, you may visit our website at http://www.mspb.gov/probono for a list of
attorneys who have expressed interest in providing pro bono representation for
Merit Systems Protection Board appellants before the court. The Merit Systems
Protection Board neither endorses the services provided by any attorney nor
warrants that any attorney will accept representation in a given case.

FOR THE BOARD:                            ______________________________
                                          William D. Spencer
                                          Clerk of the Board
Washington, D.C.