United States Federal Circuit

A government employee's suit for back pay for a period of suspension following his indictment in a state court was properly dismissed for lack of jurisdiction by the Court of Federal Claims, where plaintiff failed to appeal his suspension to the Merit Systems Protection Board.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/25/2003
• Published 03/25/2003

Judges

• FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge., Before MICHEL, Circuit Judge, FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and LINN, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Roger M. Yale, of Denton, TX, for plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jan M. Folena, Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee.   On the brief were Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General;  David M. Cohen, Director;  and Todd M. Hughes, Assistant Director.   Of counsel was William L. Olsen, Trial Attorney.