Federal job restoration appeals
Morton v. Steiner
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Russell Morton alleges agency officials failed to tell him he could appeal a restoration-related matter to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), preventing him from filing there on time.
- Who it affects
- Morton received no Supreme Court decision on whether his claims could be dismissed permanently because of the MSPB process.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
His petition asks whether his claims could be permanently thrown out without a chance to amend because the board was treated as the required forum.
The dispute concerns whether Morton had to bring his restoration-related claims to the Merit Systems Protection Board.
Question presented
Whether a federal employee’s claims may be dismissed with prejudice, without leave to amend, on the ground that certain restoration-related claims should have been pursued before the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), where the employee alleged that agency officials failed to provide notice of MSPB restoration appeal rights and thereby prevented timely exhaustion of the administrative forum later deemed exclusive?
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