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The court reversed the district court's 1993 order that had remanded for a new hearing based on burden-of-proof concerns, holding that the employee properly bore the burden regarding mitigating circumstances. However, the court also reversed on the broader due-process issue and remanded to the district court to consider other claims raised in the employee's original appeal.
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