Split High Court: District Court Must Review ‘Mixed’ Civil Service Case

Mealey's (June 23, 2017, 11:29 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Review of a dismissal of a mixed case by the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) where, like the present case, an employee complains of adverse action prompted at least in part by the employing agency’s violation of federal anti-discrimination laws must occur in the district court, rather than the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, a U.S. Supreme Court majority ruled June 23 (Anthony W. Perry v. Merit Systems Protection Board, No. 16-399, U.S. Sup.)....