Court Opinion

ID: 9556462
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Date Created: 2023-08-17 15:00:51.641358+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:21:41.511174
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Case: 23-1568    Document: 13     Page: 1   Filed: 08/17/2023

           NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

   United States Court of Appeals
       for the Federal Circuit
                  ______________________

                MARTRICE L. REDDICK,
                      Petitioner

                             v.

         UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE,
                     Respondent
               ______________________

                        2023-1568
                  ______________________

    Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection
 Board in No. CH-0752-22-0198-I-1.
                 ______________________

      Before CHEN, MAYER, and STOLL, Circuit Judges.
 PER CURIAM.
                        ORDER
     Because Martrice L. Reddick pursued discrimination
 claims before the Merit Systems Protection Board and
 stated that he did not wish to abandon those claims on ju-
 dicial review, the court directed the parties to show cause
 why this case should not be transferred to a United States
 district court. Mr. Reddick has not responded. The United
 States Postal Service urges transfer.
    We have jurisdiction to review final decisions from the
 Board, except in “[c]ases of discrimination subject to the
Case: 23-1568     Document: 13     Page: 2    Filed: 08/17/2023

 2                                            REDDICK v. USPS

 provisions of [5 U.S.C. § ]7702,” 5 U.S.C. §§ 7703(b)(2),
 (b)(1)(A). Those cases, which involve appeals 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 (2017). We
 therefore find it appropriate to transfer this case pursuant
 to 28 U.S.C. § 1631 to the United States District Court for
 the Northern District of Ohio, where Mr. Reddick resides
 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 Ohio.
                                        FOR THE COURT

 August 17, 2023                        /s/ Jarrett B. Perlow
     Date                               Jarrett B. Perlow
                                        Clerk of Court