MSPB & EEOC: What are Requests for Production and how can the Federal Employee use them in MSPB or EEOC discovery?

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November 2nd in Catch 62 Appeals (Military Service Credit Deposit), Federal Disability Retirement, MSPB - Adverse Action Appeals (Performance and Discipline), MSPB Appeals.

Both the MSPB and the EEOC afford Appellants (or Complainants) the opportunity to pursue discovery.   While the timelines and the amounts of discovery allowed are quite different, the basic ideas of what discovery is and how it should be used are very similar.

There are six (6) primary types of discovery in litigation in the United States (click on the links for the particular type of discovery you want to read about:
Requests for Admission (Click on link to read more [...]

MSPB & EEOC: What are Requests for Interrogatory and how does the Federal Employee use them in discovery?

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October 30th in Catch 62 Appeals (Military Service Credit Deposit), Federal Disability Retirement, MSPB - Adverse Action Appeals (Performance and Discipline), MSPB Appeals.

Both the MSPB and the EEOC afford Appellants (or Complainants) the opportunity to pursue discovery.   While the timelines and the amounts of discovery allowed are quite different, the basic ideas of what discovery is and how it should be used are very similar.

There are six (6) primary types of discovery in litigation in the U.S (click [...]

MSPB & EEOC: What are Requests for Admission and how does the Federal Employee use them in discovery?

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October 6th in Catch 62 Appeals (Military Service Credit Deposit), Federal Disability Retirement, Federal Whistleblowers, MSPB - Adverse Action Appeals (Performance and Discipline), MSPB Appeals.

This post is part of a continuing series describing the general discovery tools available to Federal Employees who are Appellants before the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and/or Complainants before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Both the MSPB and the EEOC afford Appellants (or Complainants) the opportunity to pursue discovery.  While the timelines and the amounts of discovery allowed are quite different, the basic ideas of what discovery is and how it should be used are very similar.

There are [...]

MSPB & EEOC: What is Discovery and How can the Federal Employee use it?

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September 27th in Catch 62 Appeals (Military Service Credit Deposit), Federal Disability Retirement, Federal Whistleblowers, MSPB - Adverse Action Appeals (Performance and Discipline), MSPB Appeals.

Both the MSPB and the EEOC afford Appellants (or Complainants) the opportunity to pursue discovery.   While the timelines and the amounts of discovery allowed are quite different, the basic ideas of what discovery is and how it should be used are very similar.

Discovery is a very important part of your case.  In an EEO case, you [...]

MSPB: Catch 62 appeal statistics – MSPB Regional Office Initial Decisions

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December 8th in Catch 62 Appeals (Military Service Credit Deposit), Federal Whistleblowers, MSPB - Adverse Action Appeals (Performance and Discipline), MSPB Appeals.

I have done some research on recent MSPB Initial Decisions in Catch 62 appeals, and wanted to publish some statistics for you. Over the coming weeks, more statistics will be published.

Today’s statistic breaks down how the various MSPB offices are deciding Catch 62 cases. The statistic below shows the percentage of Catch 62 appeals, for each office of the  MSPB, between July 1, 2008, and October 17, 2008, in which [...]