Yesterday afternoon the Federal Circuit released five nonprecedential orders, which were all dismissals. This morning the Federal Circuit released two nonprecedential opinions and two nonprecedential orders. The first opinion affirms a dismissal for lack of jurisdiction by the Court of Federal Claims, while the second opinion affirms a judgment of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. The first order transfers a case to the District of Arizona, while the second order is another dismissal. Here are the introductions to the opinions and transfer as well as links to the dismissals.
Dollen v. United States (Nonprecedential)
Beverly Jean Dollen brought suit in the United States Court of Federal Claims (“Claims Court”), alleging that she was unlawfully deprived of custody of her children by state officials. Proceeding pro se, she appeals from a decision of the Claims Court dismissing her complaint for failure to prosecute and for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Because the Claims Court did not err in dismissing her complaint, we affirm.
Hairston v. McDonough (Nonprecedential)
Arthur L. Hairston, Sr. appeals pro se from a judgment of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (“Veterans Court”), which affirmed a decision of the Board of Veterans Appeals (“Board”) denying him nonservice-connected pension benefits. We affirm.
Marcum v. Merit Systems Protection Board (Nonprecedential Order)
Because William D. Marcum asserted before the Merit Systems Protection Board that he was forced to resign due to discrimination and Mr. Marcum has not elected to abandon his discrimination claim, we transfer.