Flra

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES 

UNION (NTEU),

Petitioner, v. No. 05-76783

FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS

FLRA Nos.

AUTHORITY,

Respondent,  SF-CA-02-0003

SF-CA-02-0060

and SF-CA-03-0183

UNITED STATES CUSTOMS AND OPINION

BORDER PROTECTION, UNITED

STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND

SECURITY,

Intervenor.  On Petition for Review of an Order of the Federal Labor Relations Authority

Argued and Submitted December 5, 2007—San Francisco, California

Filed December 19, 2007

Before: Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, Robert E. Cowen* and Michael Daly Hawkins, Circuit Judges.

Per Curiam Opinion

*The Honorable Robert E. Cowen, Senior United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, sitting by designation.

16551 16552 NTEU v. FLRA

COUNSEL

Robert H. Shriver, III; Gregory O’Duden, General Counsel; Elaine Kaplan, Senior Deputy General Counsel; Larry J. Adkins, Deputy General Counsel; Julie M. Wilson, Assistant Counsel, National Treasury Employees Union, Washington, DC, for the petitioner.

James F. Blandford; William R. Tobey,…