the SKAP process, job applicants are given a letter rating of "A, B, C or D" by a panel or board of evaluators, "A" being the highest of the ratings. Plaintiff Risher's "SKAP" rating for the April 1985 position was "C". In fact, all of the GS-11 instructors who applied for the new GS-12 position were given "C" ratings. The panel doing the SKAP evaluations consisted of Defendants Gary Hibner and Edward Michaeli.
Plaintiff was not satisfied with his SKAP rating and he, therefore, took it upon himself to challenge the SKAP process. Plaintiff contends that he succeeded with his challenge, and as a result, the April 1985 SKAPs were retracted, and a new SKAP process was put into operation.
Mr. Risher contends that since his challenge of the SKAPhis pocket. Apparently, Risher then vigorously attempted (unsuccessfully) to have the money he spent on the parts reimbursed by Paliwoda. Risher believes that he was downgraded because "[he] told them how to recover my money."
He claims that he submitted a grievance to his union representative regarding the 1991 downgrade[7] but his union "let the 15-day time frame [for pursuing grievances] elapse, and the grievance never got filed in a timely manner."

(2) Placement of false and/or inaccurate documents into Plaintiff's personnel file

In September 1986, Risher had a work-related back injury for which he filed a compensation claim. Risher's supervisor at the time of the injury was Defendant Guerini. In connection with Mr. Risher's compensation claim, Mr. Guerini was required to submit to the Department of Labor a report regarding