Case: 14-3098 Document: 14 Page: 1 Filed: 06/20/2014
NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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BRENDA WOODS,
Petitioner,
v.
MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD,
Respondent.
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2014-3098
______________________
Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection
Board in No. AT-0353-12-0684-I-1.
______________________
ON MOTION
______________________
ORDER
The United States Postal Service moves to reform the
official caption to name the Merit Systems Protection Board
(“Board”) as the proper respondent, and for a 21-day
extension of time following the disposition of these motions
for the Board to file its response brief. Brenda Woods
opposes the motion for an extension of time.
Pursuant to
5 U.S.C. § 7703(a)(2), the Board is desig-
nated as the respondent when the Board’s decision con-
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cerns the procedure or jurisdiction of the Board. The
employing agency is designated as the respondent when the
Board reaches the merits of the underlying case. We
determine that the Board should be designated as the
respondent.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
(1) The motion is granted. The Board’s brief shall be
due within 21 days of the date of this order.
(2) The revised official caption is reflected above.
FOR THE COURT
/s/ Daniel E. O’Toole
Daniel E. O’Toole
Clerk of Court
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