Case: 13-3065 Document: 15 Page: 1 Filed: 04/24/2013
NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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ROBERT W. STEELE,
Petitioner,
v.
MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD,
Respondent.
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2013-3065
__________________________
Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection
Board in No. CH0752120680-I-1.
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ON MOTION
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ORDER
The Department of Agriculture moves to reform the
official caption to name the Merit Systems Protection
Board as the proper respondent, and to set the due date for
the Board’s brief as 21 days from the date of disposition of
this motion.
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 7703(a)(2), the Board is desig-
nated as the respondent when the Board's decision con-
cerns the procedure or jurisdiction of the Board. The
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employing agency is designated as the respondent when
the Board reaches the merits of the underlying case. Here,
the Board dismissed Steele’s appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
Thus, the Board is the proper respondent in this petition
for review.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
(1) The motion to reform the caption is granted. The
revised official caption is reflected above.
(2) The Board’s brief will be due within 21 days from
the date of this order.
FOR THE COURT
/s/ Jan Horbaly
Jan Horbaly
Clerk
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