It isn't so much being told to resign, but more like "Report to the Chief's office at 0900 with all your stuff. You'll get your hearing and then you're fired." Nobody can stop him from resigning prior to 0900, and it would be unlike a control freak pederast* to allow someone else to control his destiny by letting them fire him. Now, I'm pretty sure any PSU case would be closed, because the outcome would be meaningless - you can't reprimand or otherwise fire a guy is isn't in your employ. PIU would