Initial Decision By The Regional Merit Systems Protection Board Administrative Judge Franklin M. Kan
On May 12, 2010, Western Region United States Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) attorney examiner (administrative judge) in San Francisco, Franklin M. Kang, issued an Initial Decision to uphold the TSA's removal of Robert MacLean. Franklin M. Kang also serves as a Major with the U.S. Army Reserves Judge Advocate General (JAG) and an executive officer for the Organization of Chinese Americans, Inc. MacLean has appealed the Franklin M. Kang Initial Decision to the 3-member appellate MSPB panel in Washington DC. For three consecutive years (2007–2009), the MSPB's Franklin Kang only ruled in favor of one federal employee in 235 cases he reviewed.
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