Del A. Kidd, Petitioner, v. Department of the Interior, Respondent, 5 F.3d 1502 (Fed. Cir. 1993)

Del A. Kidd appeals the July 3, 1991, decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board, No. DE122191W0210, finding that he was not entitled to protection under the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989. We affirm.

Kidd alleged before the board that his 14-day suspension was an act of reprisal for two disclosures about his supervisors. First, he alleged to several sources that they were involved in an arson on his property, and second, he wrote a letter to prospective witnesses in a grievance action against his supervisors which warned that the witnesses may also be subject to harassment by the supervisors. The board found that neither of these allegations constituted protected disclosures under 5 U.S.C. § 1221(e) (1). We conclude that the board's decision was not arbitrary or capricious, was supported by substantial evidence, and was issued in accordance with applicable provisions of the law. See 5 U.S.C. § 7703(c) (1988).