Ruggieri v. Merit Systems Protection Board

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a nonselection for a position is a failure to take a personnel action under 5 U.S.C. § 2302(b)(8) within the scope of the Board’s IRA jurisdiction
• concluding that the whistleblower protection statutes cover an agency’s failure to make an appointment
• explaining that a nonselection is a cognizable personnel action even when the agency does not select another candidate to fill the subject position
• finding that a nonselection is a personnel action for the purposes of an IRA appeal
• finding that a nonselection is a personnel action for the purposes of an IRA appeal
• explaining that the term “appointment” as used in 5 U.S.C. § 2302(a)(2)(A)(i) covers an expansive range of acts and failure to act

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