At reader’s request, I’m back to looking over MSPB statistics again. I thought I’d write a piece for you about how Chief Administrative Judges in each regional office cherry-pick certain cases in order to find in favor of the Agency. When issuing the order, they refer to themselves as AJ:NONE.
I thought that as in the past, I’d see a certain name that oversees the San Francisco region. I didn’t. What I found was the name of the Washington DC Chief Administrative Judge, Jeremiah Cassidy.
Mr. Cassidy has been a busy man, dutifully doing a disservice to America while cranking out decisions in favor of the agencies. From the time that Barack Obama took office on January 20 through July 2, Mr. Cassidy issued 15 decisions, all unfavorable to the employee appellant and favorable to the agency. How’s that for efficiency from a guy who’s been the Regional Director for barely one year.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackHow about an AJ out of the SF Region who during two separate pre conference meetings (separate cases-days apart) tells the employee appellant’s attorney, “I’ve already made up my mind.” The decisions were against the employee. What happened to reviewing the evidence before making a decision. Oh wait, this is MSPB, those rules don’t apply.
Could that be LuNell Anderson? That’s what she said to me too.
In the long run, she helped me. She named Mr. Deck of Cards as a credible witness favorable to the agency, and the Department of Justice, without ever reviewing the transcript, picked him as a credible witness for their district court case! AWESOME!
(I’m ordering a transcript of his complete testimony and I’m thinking of posting it when it becomes available. This stuff is golden.)
Well you hit that one on the head! Yep, Ms. Anderson loves that line.
Who is the Presiding (Supervising) Judge of MSPB in SF?
Amy V. Dunning is Chief AJ in SF. I wouldn’t complain about SF AJs to her though. She’ll probably just give the guy a bonus.
I’m not sure if Ms. Dunning actually reviews the AJ’s work or simply rubber stamps it. Either way it’s a lose/lose situation for the employee. I repeat a common theme…look at the stats.
I contacted MSPB in DC to determine, what, if anything is done, when an AJ is consistently late in making decisions and/or reversed numerous times. The response: It will be noted in their annual evaluation. WooooWeeeee……break out the band!
And then they’ll still get a bonus. . .
(Remember: good is bad, and bad is good, and really atrocious is. . .MSPB)
Jim at least you got an answer. I tried asking Headquarters that question and they avoided answering and became agitated with my call. It’s almost as if MSPB doesn’t not want to deal with appellants, even though that why they’re there in the first place.
I think a Judge like Judge Ellison can careless about his annual evaluation. Actually, I think the more remands the better their evaluation cuz everything in MSPB is backwards. The more dismissals the higher their evaluation. Isn’t there a movie like that where everything wrong is right and everything is done backwards?
Dear MSPB Western Region: Again you have attempted to ruin an employee’s career. You gave it a valiant effort, but the Court of Appeals saw what you were attempting to do and vacated your decision.
CAFC 2008-3117: Malloy v. USPS, 8/25/09. This comes from the the CAFC:
“However, Ms. Malloy’s medical evidence was not discussed, and the AJ’s statement that Ms. Malloy’s representations about her medical condition were “not credible” is so totally at odds with the medical records as to raise strong doubts as to the thoroughness of the AJ’s review.”
Okay leader of the pack Dunning, did you review your AJ’s work? Will this reflect on the AJ’s “yearly evaluation?” Oh wait, you’ll probably give the AJ a promotion. The sad part is the full board in DC rubber stamped the AJ’s decision. So Chairman McPhie, what does this say about your efforts. Oh wait, you’re leaving.
Who loses in the end….the employee. Thank you MSPB.
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