How to lose an MSPB appeal: attack Agency witness as liars.
By Chris Attig | PermalinkMay 21st in MSPB - Adverse Action Appeals (Performance and Discipline), MSPB Appeals.
The next post in the series “10 Ways to Lose an MSPB Appeal” discusses a common problem in appeals before the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) – attacking Agency witnesses as liars, without evidence.
Now, people do lie. It’s a fact of life that unfortunately seeps into just about every courtroom at one time or another. However, not every statement that doesn’t echo your version of events is necessarily a lie. Sometimes a witness is just stating the version [...]

