# Williams v. Office of Personnel Management

> District Court, District of Columbia · October 17, 2013 · 983 F. Supp. 2d 153

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/2659899

## Case

- **Full name:** Terry WILLIAMS, Plaintiff, v. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Et Al., Defendants
- **Court:** District Court, District of Columbia
- **Decided:** October 17, 2013
- **Citations:** 983 F. Supp. 2d 153; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 152024; 2013 WL 5724521
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion by Wilkins
- **Judges:** Judge Robert L. Wilkins
- **Nature of suit:** Civil
- **Cited by:** 1 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FILED

_ _ oct 1 7 2013
Terry Willlams, )
) Clerk, U.S. District and
plaintiff ) Ba""'” ’“CY C°""S
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Offlce of Personnel Management et al., ) l § ’ l 6§1'+
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Defendants. )
MEMORANDUM OPINION

'l`his matter is before the Court on plaintiffs pro se complaint and application to proceed
in forma pauperis. The Court will grant plaintiffs in forma pauperis application and will
dismiss the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. See Fed. R. Civ. P. l2(h)(3) (requiring
dismissal "at any time" jurisdiction is found wanting).

Plaintiff, a resident of Norfolk, Virgina, sues the Offlce of Personnel Management
("OPM") and the Merit Systems Protection Board ("MSPB"). She seeks judicial review of a
final order of the MSPB, affirming OPM’s denial of survivor annuity benefits Compl. at l.
The Civil Service Retirement Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 8331 et seq., provides the exclusive remedy for
adjudicating plaintiffs claim. Forrzaro v. James, 416 F.3d 63, 66 (D.C. Cir. 2005). "That regime
provides for adjudication of all claims by OPM, 5 U.S.C. § 8347(b), appeal of adverse decisions by
OPM to the MSPB, id. § 8347(d)(l), and subsequent review of MSPB decisions in the Federal

Circuit, id. § 7703(b)(l); 28 U.S.C. § l295(a)(9)." Id. A separate Order of dismissal

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DATE; september "Z($, 2013

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