Unpublished Dispositionfred J. Hamilton, Petitioner, v. United States Postal Service, Respondent, 824 F.2d 976 (Fed. Cir. 1987)

The Merit Systems Protection Board, in SL07528610356, sustained the removal of Fred J. Hamilton from his position as a mail handler because he was AWOL on five separate occasions, absent excessively, and failed to abide by the terms of a prior last chance settlement agreement in which he agreed to maintain his work schedule. We affirm. Petitioner's allegations related to his lengthy disciplinary record are in part either irrelevant to the instant removal and the specific charges that support it or are raised for the first time on appeal and are not reviewable. See Lizut v. Department of the Army, 717 F.2d 1391 (Fed. Cir. 1983).

The record is clear that petitioner failed to explain his unauthorized leave, abused his approved leave, generally was an unreliable employee, and that his removal will promote the efficiency of the Postal Service, as found by the board. The board's decision was not arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, unsupported by substantial evidence or otherwise not in accordance with law. See 5 USC 7703(c).