Robert Donaldson v. Merit Systems Protection Board

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: DC-1221-12-0356-B-1 Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999717446]. Mailed to: Robert Donnell Donaldson. [15-1694]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-1694

ROBERT DONNELL DONALDSON,
Petitioner,
v.
MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD,
Respondent,
and
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY,
Intervenor.

On Petition for
Protection Board.

Submitted:

Review of an Order
(DC-1221-12-0356-B-1)

November 30, 2015

of

the

Decided:

Merit

Systems

December 14, 2015

Before MOTZ, SHEDD, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges.

Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Robert Donnell Donaldson, Petitioner Pro Se. Katherine Michelle
Smith, U.S. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD, Washington, D.C.,
for Respondent.
Joshua Ethan Kurland, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Intervenor.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Robert Donnell Donaldson seeks review of the Merit Systems
Protection

Board’s

retaliation appeal.

order

2015).
not

dismissing

his

whistleblower

See 5 U.S.C.A. § 7703(b)(1)(B) (West Supp.

Our review of the record discloses that the Board did

err

in

Donaldson’s

concluding
appeal.

that

it

Accordingly,

lacked
we

deny

review for the reasons stated by the Board.

jurisdiction
the

petition

over
for

Donaldson v. Dep’t

of Homeland Sec., No. DC-1221-12-0356-B-1 (M.S.P.B. Sept. 16,
2014).

We

further

deny

Donaldson’s

motions

for

summary

disposition, to strike the Board’s entire brief, and to verify
the record.

We dispense with oral argument because the facts

and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials
before

this

court

and

argument

would

not

aid

the

decisional

process.
PETITION DENIED

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