Unpublished Dispositionroy L. Webb, Petitioner, v. National Labor Relations Board, Respondent, 824 F.2d 979 (Fed. Cir. 1987)

DECISION

The decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB or Board), sustaining respondent agency's removal of petitioner, is affirmed.

OPINION

Petitioner was a probationary employee of respondent who was terminated, during his probationary period, for preappointment reasons (in this case, falsification of employment application). Probationary employees removed for such preappointment reasons are entitled to MSPB scrutiny to determine that they have received the proper procedural rights but they are not entitled to have the MSPB review the correctness of the agency's decision that the grounds found are sufficient for removal. 5 C.F.R. 315.805, 315.806(c). The MSPB's administrative judge's decision shows that petitioner did receive his procedural rights under the governing regulation. Because petitioner was a probationary employee he had no property right in continued employment, and accordingly nothing more was required under the Constitution. See Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill, 470 U.S. 532, 538 (1985).