Court Opinion

ID: 9395144
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-05-17 13:00:56.864394+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:19:05.968576
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Case: 22-2265    Document: 17     Page: 1    Filed: 05/17/2023

           NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

   United States Court of Appeals
       for the Federal Circuit
                  ______________________

                 VICTOR M. CASILLAS,
                      Petitioner

                             v.

      DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS,
                   Respondent
             ______________________

                        2022-2265
                  ______________________

    Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection
 Board in No. DA-0752-22-0018-I-1.
                 ______________________

     Before DYK, TARANTO, and STOLL, Circuit Judges.
 STOLL, Circuit Judge.
                         ORDER
     Victor M. Casillas appealed his removal from the De-
 partment of Veterans Affairs to the Merit Systems Protec-
 tion Board, alleging discrimination on the basis of his age.
 The Board affirmed the removal, and Mr. Casillas peti-
 tioned this court for review and states that he wishes to
 pursue his age discrimination claim.
    Responding to the court’s order to show cause asking
 whether and where this case should be transferred, Mr.
 Casillas requests transfer to the United States District
Case: 22-2265    Document: 17      Page: 2    Filed: 05/17/2023

 2                                            CASILLAS   v. DVA

 Court for the Western District of Texas, which the Depart-
 ment of Veterans Affairs agrees is proper.
     Because the district court is the appropriate forum for
 review of Board decisions involving agency actions appeal-
 able to the Board and alleged to be based on certain types
 of discrimination, 5 U.S.C. § 7703(b)(2); Perry v. Merit Sys.
 Prot. Bd., 137 S. Ct. 1975, 1985 (2017), we likewise agree
 that transfer is appropriate. See 28 U.S.C. § 1631.
     Accordingly,
     IT IS ORDERED THAT:
      Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1631, this case and all trans-
 mittals are transferred to the United States District Court
 for the Western District of Texas.
                                    FOR THE COURT

 May 17, 2023                       /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
    Date                            Peter R. Marksteiner
                                    Clerk of Court