Significant Cases
Conyers & Northover
Oral argument in the matters of:
Rhonda K. Conyers v. Department of Defense MSPB Docket No. CH-0752-09-0925-I-1
Devon Northover v. Department of Defense MSPB Docket No. AT-0752-10-0184-I-1
Tuesday, September 21, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Room 201 717 Madison Place, N.W. Washington D.C.
Conyers and Northover raise the question of whether, pursuant to 5 C.F.R. part 732, the rule in Department of the Navy v. Egan, 484 U.S. 518, 530-31 (1988), limiting the scope of MSPB review of an adverse action based on the revocation of a security clearance, also applies to an adverse action involving an employee in a "non-critical sensitive" position due to the employee having been denied continued eligibility for employment in a sensitive position.
You may download it here in MP3 format.Oral Argument
in
Conyers v. Department of Defense and Northover v. Department of Defense, MSPB Docket Nos. CH-0752-0925-I-1 & AT-0752-10-0184-I-1
September 21, 2010
Before
Susan Tsui Grundman, Chairman
Anne M. Wagner, Vice Chairman
Mary M. Rose, Member
Order of Argument Presented
Andres Grajales, Esq. for appellants Conyers & Northover
Frank Yount, Esq., for Department of Defense in Conyers
Stacy Caldwell Turner, Esq., for Department of Defense in Northover
Tom Devine, Esq., for amicus Government Accountability Project
Julie Wilson, Esq., for amicus National Treasury Employees Union
Andres Grajales, Esq., rebuttal for appellants Conyers and Northover