Alysia Y. Williams v. Department of Veterans Affairs

N OTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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ALYSIA Y. WILLIAMS,
Petitioner
v.
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS,
Respondent
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2021-2229
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Petition for review of an arbitrator’s decision in No.
200610-06970 by John T. Nicholas.
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ON MOTION
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Before P ROST , REYNA, and CUNNINGHAM , Circuit Judges.
CUNNINGHAM , Circuit Judge.
O R D E R
The Department of Veterans Affairs moves unopposed
to waive the requirements of Federal Circuit Rule 27(f) and
remand to allow the arbitrator to reevaluate his determi-
nation concerning the standard of proof and the penalty
choice of removal in light of this court’s intervening deci-
sions in Rodriguez v. Department of Veterans Affairs, 8
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WILLIAMS v. DVA 2
F.4th 1290 (Fed. Cir. 2021), and Connor v. Department of
Veterans Affairs, 8 F.4th 1319 (Fed. Cir. 2021).
Upon consideration thereof,
I T I S O RDERED T HAT :
(1) The motion is granted. The case is remanded to the
arbitrator for further proceedings consistent with the mo-
tion and this order.
(2) Each side shall bear its own costs.
April 1, 2022
Date
F OR THE COURT
/s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
Peter R. Marksteiner
Clerk of Court
ISSUED AS A MANDATE: April 1, 2022
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