POORSINA v. U.S. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BD.

No. 82-7524.

726 F.2d 507 (1984)

Hossein POORSINA, M.D., Petitioner, v. U.S. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 14, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Kitajo, Oakland, Cal., for petitioner.

Joseph P. Russoniello, U.S. Atty., Gary A. Hall, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for respondent.

Before WALLACE and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges, and WYZANSKI, District Judge.


WALLACE, Circuit Judge:

Hossein Poorsina, M.D. appeals the Merit Systems Protection Board's (Board) dismissal for lack of jurisdiction of his challenge to being fired by the Department of Health and Human Services (Department). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 7703,1 and affirm the Board's decision.

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The Department hired Poorsina on September 6, 1981 for a position as Medical Officer at the Indian Health...

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