Kevin A. Dunklebarger v. Merit Systems Protection Board

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• finding that the principles of estoppel do not apply to vest the Board with jurisdiction where Congress has not done so
• finding that the principles of estoppel do not apply to vest the Board with subject-matter jurisdiction when Congress has not done so
• stating that \an agency cannot by acquiescence confer jurisdiction on the Merit Systems Protection Board to hear an appeal that Congress has not authorized the Board to entertain\
• “[A]n agency cannot by acquiescence confer jurisdiction on the Merit Systems Protection Board to hear an appeal that Congress has not authorized the Board to entertain.”
• “Section 7121 of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (CSRA), 5 U.S.C. § 7121, addresses the allocation of jurisdiction over employment-related complaints by federal employees who are represented by a union. . . . As the text indicates, section 7121(a)(1
• “no action of the parties can confer subject-matter jurisdiction”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).