Court Opinion

ID: 9557018
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 15:01:03.749807+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:04:20.893792
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Case: 23-1650     Document: 21      Page: 1    Filed: 08/21/2023

            NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

   United States Court of Appeals
       for the Federal Circuit
                   ______________________

                      DAVID BROOKS,
                         Petitioner

                               v.

       MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD,
                     Respondent
               ______________________

                         2023-1650
                   ______________________

    Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection
 Board in No. DA-3443-17-0032-I-1.
                 ______________________

      Before CHEN, MAYER, and STOLL, Circuit Judges.
 PER CURIAM.
                          ORDER
     Following this court’s order directing the parties to
 show cause whether to dismiss or transfer David Brooks’
 petition for review, we transfer the case to the United
 States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
     We have jurisdiction to review final decisions from the
 Merit Systems Protection Board, except in “[c]ases of dis-
 crimination subject to the provisions of [5 U.S.C. § ]7702,”
 5 U.S.C. §§ 7703(b)(2), (b)(1)(A). Those cases belong in fed-
 eral district court. 5 U.S.C. § 7703(b)(2); Perry v. Merit Sys.
Case: 23-1650      Document: 21    Page: 2    Filed: 08/21/2023

 2                                            BROOKS v. MSPB

 Prot. Bd., 582 U.S. 420 (2017). Because Mr. Brooks’ sub-
 missions to this court indicate that he raised a covered dis-
 crimination claim before the Board and continues to seek
 judicial review of his claim, we conclude that transfer is
 appropriate, 28 U.S.C. § 1631, and, in agreement with the
 Board’s request, ECF No. 20 at 4–5, transfer the case to the
 Southern District of Texas.
     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 Southern
 District of Texas pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1631.
                                        FOR THE COURT

 August 21, 2023                        /s/ Jarrett B. Perlow
     Date                               Jarret B. Perlow
                                        Clerk of Court