Lacey Alexander v. Office of Personnel Management

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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LACEY ALEXANDER,
Petitioner
v.
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT,
Respondent
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2025-1176
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Appeal from the Office of Personnel Management in
No. 8028724.
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ON MOTION
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Before DYK, PROST, and CHEN, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
O R D E R
Lacey Alexander filed what the court understood as an
attempted appeal from a letter by the Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) responding to her inquiry regarding
eligibility of retirement benefits and directing her to com-
plete an application for a refund of retirement deductions.
In response to this court’s show cause order, OPM urges
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dismissal of this appeal. Ms. Alexander urges the court to
“fix what OPM has done.” ECF No. 15 at 1.
Although this court has jurisdiction to review final de-
cisions from the Merit Systems Protection Board regarding
certain OPM benefit decisions, see 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a)(9);
5 U.S.C. § 7703(b)(1), (d), Ms. Alexander’s appeal seeks di-
rect review of non-final OPM actions regarding her benefits
claim. Any appeal from a final OPM benefits decision must
first be filed with the Board. Only after the Board issues a
final decision may Ms. Alexander, if necessary, file a timely
petition for this court’s review.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
(1) The appeal is dismissed.
(2) All pending motions are denied as moot.
(3) Each side shall bear its own costs.
March 24, 2025
Date
FOR THE COURT
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