Paul v. Connolly v. United States Department of Justice

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• explaining that such a scheme forecloses customary standards of appellate review and that the MSPB can substitute its judgment for that of one of its administrative judges (citations omitted)
• “When, as here, the decision of the full board differs from that of its presiding official, this court will engage in a more searching scrutiny of the record.”
• deference required to credibility determinations

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