Case Name: John B. O'Keefe v. The United States
Court: United States Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1982-07-16
Citations: 231 Ct. Cl. 804
Docket Number: Nos. 298-79C, 299-79C and 300-79C
Parties: John B. O’Keefe v. The United States
Judges: Before Davis, Nichols and Smith, Judges.
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 231
Pages: 804–804

Head Matter:
Nos. 298-79C, 299-79C and 300-79C.
July 16, 1982
John B. O’Keefe v. The United States
Clyde Hurlbert, attorney of record, for plaintiff. O’Barr, Hurlbert and O’Barr, of counsel.
Benjamin F. Wilson, with whom was Assistant Attorney General J. Paul McGrath, for defendant.
Before Davis, Nichols and Smith, Judges.

Opinion:
per curiam:
This is an action by a physician for payments allegedly due to him under Part B of the Medicare program, 42 U.S.C. §1395(j) et seq. On January 25, 1980, this court suspended proceedings in the case pending the resolution of Erika, Inc. v. United States, Ct. Cl. No. 374-77, which was then pending in this court. Erika, Inc., has now been decided by the Supreme Court (United States v. Erika, Inc., 456 U.S. 201 (1982)), and defendant renews its motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. Now that the Supreme Court has held in Erika, supra, that this court has no jurisdiction to review determinations of benefits payable under Part B of the Medicare program, we grant defendant's motion and dismiss the instant petition on the authority of that decision. The petitions are dismissed.