United States Marshals Service v. Federal Labor Relations Authority

708 F.2d 1417 113 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 3302 UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE and the Department of Justice, Petitioners, v. FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY, Respondent, and American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, International Council of United States Marshals Service Locals, Respondent-Intervenor. No. 81-7400. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 17, 1982. Decided June 21, 1983. Mary Elizabeth Medaglia, Ellen M. Stern, William E. Persina, Washington, D.C., for respondent. Marilyn S.G. Urwitz, William Kanter, Mary E. Jacksteit, Washington, D.C., for petitioners. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Federal Labor Relations Authority. Before TRASK and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and KELLEHER, * District Judge. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge: 1 This case requires us to determine the extent of our statutory jurisdiction to review a decision of the Federal Labor Relations Authority when it has ruled on exceptions to the decision of an arbitrator. We find no jurisdiction to review the Authority's decision in this case, and we dismiss the appeal. There is little authority on the Federal Labor Relations Act generally, but the Fourth Circuit has ruled…