PALMER v. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BD.

No. 2008-3001.

550 F.3d 1380 (2008)

Demetrius W. PALMER, Petitioner, v. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD, Respondent, and United States Postal Service, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

December 31, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Demetrius W. Palmer, of Bowie, Maryland, pro se.

Joyce G. Friedman, Attorney, Office of the General Counsel, Merit Systems Protection Board, of Washington, DC, for respondent. With her on the brief were B. Chad Bungard, General Counsel, and Rosa M. Koppel, Deputy General Counsel.

Matthew H. Solomson, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, for intervenor. Also for intervenor were Gregory G. Katsas, Assistant Attorney General, Jeanne E. Davidson, Director, and Deborah A. Bynum, Assistant Director.

Before RADER and DYK, Circuit Judges, and WALKER, Chief District Judge.


WALKER, Chief District Judge.

Petitioner Demetrius W. Palmer ("Palmer") appeals from a final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board ("Board"). The Board dismissed Palmer's appeal for lack of jurisdiction. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

In November 1998, Palmer, a mail processing clerk in a United States Postal Service ("USPS") facility in Capitol Heights, Maryland, suffered an on-the-job injury. Palmer was placed on non-pay status and received Office...

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