7018 2290 0000 5183 8969**The Court's** **jurisdiction is**  **established by**  **the Tucker**  **Act, 28**  **U.S.C. §**  **1491 (a)(l),**  **which**

**provides:**
**The United**  **States Comi**  **of Federal**  **Claims shall**  **have jurisdiction**  **to render**  **judgment upon**  **any claim against**  **the United States**  **founded either**  **upon the**  **Constitution, or**  **any Act**  **of Congress**  **or any regulation**  **of an**  **executive depmiment,**  **or upon**  **any express**  **or implied**  **contract with the**  **United States, or**  **for liquidated**  **or unliquidated**  **damages in**  **cases not**  **sounding in**  **tort.**
**The Supreme**  **Comi has interpreted** **the Tucker**  **Act to**  **waive sovereign**  **immunity to**  **allow jurisdiction**  **to entertain**  **a claim against**  **the Unites**  **States if** **the Claim**  **is (1)**  **founded on**  **an express**  **or implied**  **contract with**  **the United**  **States; (2)**  **seeking a**  **refund of** **a payment**  **previously made**  **to the**  **United States;**  **or (3)**  **based on**  **federal constitutional,**  **statutory, or**  **regulatory law**  **mandating compensation**  **for damages**  **sustained, except**  **from a**  **t01i.** 

### See **United States**  **v. Navajo**  **Nation, 556**  **U.S. 287,**  **289-90 (2009).**  **"Not every**  **claim invoking**  **the Constitution, a**  **federal statute,**  **or a**  **regulation is**  **cognizable under**  **the Tucker**  **Act. The**  **claim must**  **be one**  **for money**  **dmnages against**  **the United**  **States."** 

### Uni**ted States**  **v. Mitchell,**  **463 U.S.**  **206,216 (1983).**  **To invoke**  **this Comi's** **jurisdiction, a**  **plaintiff must**  **rely on**  **a statute**  **or regul** **ation that**  **is money**  **mandating, which**  **means the**  **source of** **alleged liability**  **"can fairly**  **be interpreted**  **as mandating**  **compensation by**  **the Federal Government."**  

### United**States v.**  **Testan, 424**  **U.S. 392,**  **400 (1976).** 
**The plaintiff** **is proceedingpro**  

### se, **and his**  **pleadings are**  **entitled to**  **receive a**  **more liberal construction**  **than the**  **Comi would**  **give to** **pleadings prepm·ed**  **by counsel.**  

### See **Haines v.**  **Kerner, 404**  **U.S. 519**  **(1972). Giving**  **a**

### pro **se litigant's**  **pleadings a**  **liberal construction,**  **however, does**  **not divest**  **a**

### pro **se plaintiff** **from the**  **responsibility of** **having to**  **satisfy the** **jurisdictional requirements**  **limiting this**  **Court's jurisdiction.**  

### See **Kelly v.**  **Sec'y, U.S. Dep**  **'/** 

### of**Labor, 812**  **F.2d 1378,**  **1380 (Fed.**  **Cir. 1987);**  

### Hale **v. United** **States, 143**  **Fed. Cl.**  **180, 184**  **(2019).**
**The starting**  **point for**  **determining whether**  **this Court**  **has jurisdiction**  **is the**  **plaintiffs Complaint,**  **which the**  **Comi will**  **construe liberally.** 
**The plaintiff** **provides at**  **the start**  **of the**  **Complaint a**  **summary: "This**  **Claim has**  **two main**  **elements**

**- enforcement**  **of criminal**  **charges and**  **punitive monetary**  **dmnages based**  **upon [United**  **States Code]**  **Code Violations**  **and supporting**  **and relevant**  **[United States**  **Code] Code**  **Violations and** **the Constitution**  **Violations." (Comp!.**  **at 2).** 

**The Complaint totals**  **50 pages**  **and includes**  **4 7 separate**  **claims. Based on**  **a careful**  **revie w**  **of the**  **Complaint, it**  **appears that**  **the plaintiff,** **who refers**  **to himself** **as disabled,**  **has consistently**  **filed whistleblower**  **complaints with**  **federal agencies,** **but the**  **agencies have**  **not pursued**  **his allegations.**  **The substance**  **of those**  **allegations is**  **not clear**  **from the**  **Complaint, but,**  **based on**  **some of** **the claims**  **in the**  **Complaint, may**  **involve allegations**  **of discrimination**  **against the**  **disabled or**  **cost-overruns on**  **government contracts.** 
**The 47**  **claims can**  **be broadly**  **grouped among**  **the following**  **categories: 1)**  **the failure**  **of federal**  **agencies to**  **act on**  **the plaintiffs whistleblower**  **complaints; 2)**  **injuries to**  **the plaintiff**  **from that**  **general failure**  **to act;**  **3) violations**  **of federal**  **criminal and**  **tort laws**  **due to** **those failures;**  **4) violations**  **of the**  **plaintiffs civil**  **and constitutional**  **rights; 5)**  **Freedom oflnformation** 



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