Clete E. Coursen petitions for review of the final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board dismissing his appeal for lack of jurisdiction. Coursen v. United States Postal Serv., No. CH-0752-99-0538-I-1 (MSPB Mar. 24, 2000) (final order). Because Coursen was not a supervisor or a management employee within the meaning of 39 U.S.C. § 1005(a)(4)(A)(ii), we affirm.

BACKGROUND

Mr. Coursen was employed as an “Account Representative” with the United States Postal Service (“the agency” or “the Postal Service”) in Kansas City, Missouri. Coursen v. United States Postal Serv., No. CH-0752-99-0538-I-1, slip op. at 1 (MSPB Sept. 23, 1999) (initial decision). His position description indicated that his duties included working independently to develop relationships with commercial business customers in order to sell postal products and services to the customers within a district. Id. at 3. In December 1995, Coursen received a notice of proposed removal for submitting false sales and daily activity reports, and for misusing Postal Service equipment by downloading pornography onto an agency computer while on duty. On January 3, 1996, the agency issued Coursen a letter of decision stating that his removal would be effective January 26, 1996.

After his removal, Coursen filed an appeal to the Board, asserting jurisdiction under the Postal Employees Appeal Rights Act (“PEARA”), 39 U.S.C. § 1005(a)(4). In an initial decision, the administrative judge (“AJ”) dismissed Coursen’s appeal for lack of jurisdiction, concluding that Coursen lacked standing to appeal his removal to the Board because he had failed to show by a preponderance of the evidence that he was employed as a “supervisor or management employee" within the meaning of 39 U.S.C. § 1005(a)(4)(A)(ii). Id. at 1, 4.

Coursen appealed the AJ’s initial decision to the full Board. The Board denied his petition for review, thus rendering the initial decision final. 5 C.F.R. § 1201.113(b) (2000). Coursen timely appealed to this court. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a)(9) (1994).

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