Thomas v. Oslowski v. United States Postal Service

845 F.2d 1034, 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 1817, 1988 WL 12095

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Decided: February 16, 1988
• Docket: 87-3554
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

845 F.2d 1034

Unpublished Disposition
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Thomas V. OSLOWSKI, Petitioner,
v.
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Respondent.

No. 87-3554.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Feb. 16, 1988.

Before FRIEDMAN, RICH, and NIES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

DECISION

Thomas V. Oslowski seeks review of the final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board, Docket No. PH34438710208, dismissing his appeal as untimely filed. We affirm.

OPINION

Oslowski appealed to the board February 4, 1987, from an alleged job action which had occurred ten years earlier. He was given an opportunity to show good cause why his appeal should not be dismissed for untimeliness. In response Oslowski explained that his appeal was "timely filed as character assassination [is] currently active and continuing."

The board rejected Oslowski's explanation, noting that he had not been employed by the agency since 1977. Oslowski has not shown, nor do we discern, that the board's decision that he did not present a reasonable justification for the delay was arbitrary or an abuse of discretion. See Phillips v. United States Postal Serv., 695 F.2d 1389, 1390-91 (Fed.Cir.1982).