Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-10-04 15:01:08.59407+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:48:18.864219
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Case: 23-1617    Document: 17      Page: 1    Filed: 10/04/2023

            NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

   United States Court of Appeals
       for the Federal Circuit
                   ______________________

                  CYNTHIA LIPSCOMB,
                       Petitioner

                              v.

       MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD,
                     Respondent
               ______________________

                         2023-1617
                   ______________________

    Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection
 Board in No. CH-0752-22-0468-I-1.
                 ______________________

                       ON MOTION
                   ______________________

   Before DYK, CUNNINGHAM, and STARK, Circuit Judges.
 PER CURIAM.
                         ORDER
      Because Cynthia Lipscomb pursued discrimination
 claims before the Merit Systems Protection Board and
 stated that she did not wish to abandon those claims on
 judicial review, the court directed the parties to show cause
 why this case should not be transferred to a United States
Case: 23-1617      Document: 17   Page: 2    Filed: 10/04/2023

 2                                          LIPSCOMB v. MSPB

 district court. Ms. Lipscomb has not responded. The Board
 urges transfer.
      We have jurisdiction to review final decisions from the
 Board, except in “[c]ases of discrimination subject to the
 provisions of [5 U.S.C. §] 7702,” 5 U.S.C. §§ 7703(b)(2),
 (b)(1)(A). Those “mixed case[s],” which involve adverse ac-
 tions appealable to the Board and allegations of covered
 discrimination, 5 U.S.C. § 7702(a)(1), belong in district
 court, 5 U.S.C. § 7703(b)(2); Perry v. Merit Sys. Prot. Bd.,
 582 U.S. 420, 431-32 (2017). Because we conclude that this
 is a mixed case, we find it appropriate to transfer pursuant
 to 28 U.S.C. § 1631 to the United States District Court for
 the Northern District of Illinois, where Ms. Lipscomb re-
 sides and where the employment action occurred.
     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 Northern District of Illinois.
                                       FOR THE COURT

 October 4, 2023                       /s/ Jarrett B. Perlow
       Date                            Jarrett B. Perlow
                                       Clerk of Court