Court Opinion

ID: 9893725
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-10-30 14:00:51.015125+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:05:25.248301
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Case: 23-1626    Document: 14     Page: 1   Filed: 10/30/2023

           NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

   United States Court of Appeals
       for the Federal Circuit
                  ______________________

                   ADRIAN E. BLAIR,
                       Petitioner

                             v.

      DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS,
                   Respondent
             ______________________

                        2023-1626
                  ______________________

    Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection
 Board in No. DA-0752-16-0302-I-1.
                 ______________________

     Before LOURIE, MAYER, and STARK, Circuit Judges.
 PER CURIAM.
                        ORDER
     Because Adrian E. Blair asserted before the Merit Sys-
 tems Protection Board that his removal was in violation of
 federal antidiscrimination laws and indicated that he did
 not wish to abandon his discrimination claims on judicial
 review, this court directed the parties to show cause why
 this case should not be transferred. Having now considered
 the responses to that order, we transfer the case to the
 United States District Court for the Northern District of
 Texas.
Case: 23-1626     Document: 14     Page: 2    Filed: 10/30/2023

 2                                                BLAIR v. DVA

     As respondent correctly notes, this is a “[c]ase[] of dis-
 crimination subject to the provisions of [5 U.S.C. §] 7702,”
 5 U.S.C. § 7703(b)(2). We lack jurisdiction over such a case,
 which must instead be brought in federal district court.
 Perry v. Merit Sys. Prot. Bd., 582 U.S. 420 (2017). Under
 the circumstances, we find it appropriate to transfer pur-
 suant to 28 U.S.C. § 1631 to the Northern District of Texas,
 where the employment action occurred.
     Accordingly,
     IT IS ORDERED THAT:
     The petition for review and all of the filings are trans-
 mitted to the United States District Court for the Northern
 District of Texas pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1631.
                                         FOR THE COURT

 October 30, 2023                        /s/ Jarrett B. Perlow
      Date                               Jarrett B. Perlow
                                         Clerk of Court