56 Fair empl.prac.cas. 843, 56 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 40,895 Edward R. Vinieratos v. United States of America, Department of the Air Force, Through Edward C. Aldridge, Jr., Secretary of the Air Force

939 F.2d 762 56 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 843 , 56 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 40,895 Edward R. VINIERATOS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, DEPARTMENT OF the AIR FORCE, Through Edward C. ALDRIDGE, Jr., Secretary of the Air Force, Defendant-Appellee. Nos. 89-55718, 89-55719. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 5, 1990. Decided July 23, 1991. S. Timothy Buynak, Jr., Hatch & Parent, Santa Barbara, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. Jan L. Luymes, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before WALLACE, Chief Judge, and O'SCANNLAIN and RYMER, Circuit Judges. O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge: 1 Edward Vinieratos charges the United States Air Force with employment discrimination and wrongful removal from his civilian job. More specifically, he challenges two Air Force decisions: the decision to discontinue providing certain "accommodations" for his alleged mental handicap and the subsequent decision to terminate his employment as an engineer. After filing a multitude of formal and informal complaints under three separate administrative systems, he…