District of Columbia Court of Appeals August 22, 2002, No. 99-CV-792 (Graves v. Office of Employee Appeals)

TERRY, Associate Judge:

Appellant Graves seeks review of a trial court order affirming a decision of the *246Office of Employee Appeals (“OEA”). The OEA had ruled that Graves was properly removed from his job for being inexcusably absent without leave (“AWOL”) for ten consecutive work days.