Williams v. Cravens
Citation | 210 F.2d 874,93 US App. DC 380 |
Decision Date | 25 February 1954 |
Docket Number | No. 11777.,11777. |
Parties | WILLIAMS v. CRAVENS. |
Court | United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (District of Columbia) |
Mr. Keith L. Seegmiller, Washington, D. C., Messrs. Ray R. Murdock and Irving Wilner, Washington, D. C., on the brief, for appellant.
Mr. John D. Lane, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., Messrs. Leo. A. Rover, U. S. Atty., and William J. Peck, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., at time brief was filed, on the brief for appellee. Messrs. Lewis A. Carroll, Asst. U. S. Atty., and William R. Glendon, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., at time record was filed, for appellee.
Before EDGERTON, PRETTYMAN and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.
This is one more in the series of cases1 where the employment of one in the classified Civil Service has been terminated "for such cause as will promote the efficiency of such service", as the statute puts it.2 In his complaint in the District Court the appellant alleged: 3
Appellant was a loan examiner in the Office of Loans in the Business Loans Division of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation when, under date of October 26, 1951, he was notified in writing that he had "interfered or attempted to interfere with officials of the Corporation by endeavoring to influence their judgment and recommendation with respect to loan applications under consideration." Much had gone on within the Corporation before the letter was written, appellant had been interviewed, specific cases had been called to his attention, conferences had been had with respect to his memoranda of explanation and otherwise. Appellant himself interpreted this particular "reason" to mean that he had "endeavored to improperly influence" action on loans, as he wrote. Whether this first "reason" be sufficiently specific or otherwise, our decision may properly rest upon a second reason cited by the Administrator, and since both reasons were independent, proper action under either would be adequate. This second reason, quite sufficient by itself, in our view meets procedural requirements, and if there be adequate ground to sustain the Corporation's action on this latter aspect, appellant's appeal from the denial of his motion for summary judgment must fall.
The Corporation's letter specified as the second reason: Appellant demanded that he be given "a specific and detailed list of the loans and instances in which I am alleged to have failed to consider all important and relevant data," and the Administrator promptly replied specifying several such. Appellant by affidavit furnished to the District Court a job description outlining the duties of his position as a loan examiner stating that
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