Court Opinion

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Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-02-22 16:06:43.510609+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:16:48.544301
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
                        MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

     ROBERTO RIVERA,                                 DOCKET NUMBER
                  Appellant,                         NY-0714-21-0158-R-1

                  v.

     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS                          DATE: May 19, 2022
       AFFAIRS,
                 Agency.

                  THIS ORDER IS NONPRECEDENTIAL *

           Alan E. Wolin, Jericho, New York, for the appellant.

           Jean M. Rummel, Bedford, Massachusetts, for the agency.

                                           BEFORE

                               Raymond A. Limon, Vice Chair
                                 Tristan L. Leavitt, Member

                                     REMAND ORDER

¶1         The Board reopens this appeal on its own motion pursuant to its authority
     under 5 U.S.C. § 7701(e)(1)(B) and 5 C.F.R. § 1201.118. Please note that the
     docket number in this appeal has been changed in accordance with Board practice
     when an appeal is reopened.

     *
        A nonprecedential order is one that the Board has determined does not add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 Parties may cite nonprecedential orders,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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¶2        Consistent with our decision in Wilson v. Department of Veterans Affairs,
     2022 MSPB 7 (2022), we hold that the appellant timely filed his appeal under the
     procedures and time limits of 5 U.S.C. § 7702, 5 C.F.R. § 1201.154, and
     29 C.F.R. § 1614.302(d). We therefore VACATE the Board’s final decision in
     NY-0714-21-0158-I-1 and REMAND this case to the New York Field Office for
     adjudication on the merits.

     FOR THE BOARD:                                  /s/ for
                                             Jennifer Everling
                                             Acting Clerk of the Board
     Washington, D.C.