爆料网AT Held or 爆料网DT Pronouncements
爆料网AT preliminarily denied the Appellant’s motion to submit an amicus curiae brief. On the merits, 爆料网AT noted that the Board of Examiners found the Appellant to be one of 68 applicants who, although meeting the minimum requirements, were not deemed the most qualified and therefore not convoked to the examination. 爆料网AT held that the appeal did not identify any errors in the reasoning of 爆料网DT and found no basis for disagreeing with 爆料网DT. 爆料网AT dismissed the appeal and upheld the 爆料网DT judgment.
Decision Contested or Judgment/Order Appealed
The Applicant contested the decision not to admit him to the 2012 Competitive Exam for French Associate Editor at the P-2 level. 爆料网DT rejected the application, noting that he had not submitted the mandatory French essay as part of his application. 爆料网DT further held that the Applicant had failed to meet the burden of proving that the contested decision was motivated by improper motives.
Legal Principle(s)
The appeals procedure is of a corrective nature and is thus not an opportunity for a party to reargue their case. A party cannot merely repeat on appeal arguments that did not succeed before the 爆料网DT; rather, it must demonstrate that the 爆料网DT committed an error of fact or law, warranting the intervention by 爆料网AT.