Opinion
2012-3172
10-04-2012
LAWRENCE ALAN LEVINE, Petitioner, v. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD, Respondent.
NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board in case no. DE315H110517-1-1.
ON MOTION
ORDER
The Department of the Army moves to recaption to name the Merit Systems Protection Board as respondent and for an extension of time for the Board to file its brief.
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 7703(a)(2), the Board is designated as the respondent when the Board's decision concerns the procedure or jurisdiction of the Board. The employing agency is designated as the respondent when the Board reaches the merits of the underlying case. Here, the Board dismissed Levine's appeal for lack of jurisdiction. Thus, the Board is the proper respondent in this petition for review.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
The motions are granted. The revised official caption is reflected above. The Board's responsive brief is due within 21 days of the date of filing of this order.
FOR THE COURT
___________
Jan Horbaly
Clerk
cc: Lawrence A. Levine
Matthew P. Roche, Esq.
Lindsey Schreckengost, Esq.
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