United States First Circuit

The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts is entitled to sovereign immunity for his statutory interpretation that resulted in the exclusion of a magistrate judge from the Judicial Survivors' Annuities System.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/20/2005
• Published 10/20/2005

Judges

• SELYA, Circuit Judge., Before SELYA and LYNCH, Circuit Judges, and RESTANI, Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Peter D. Anderson, with whom McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton, P.A. was on brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Catherine Y. Hancock, Attorney, Appellate Staff, with whom Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Thomas P. Colantuono, United States Attorney, and Michael S. Raab, Attorney, Appellate Staff, were on brief, for appellee.