Rodney L. Davis, Thomas M. Davis, Iii, Edwin G. Perlmutter, Rick Crawford, Mark… v. United States

N OTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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RODNEY L. DAVIS, THOMAS M. DAVIS, III, EDWIN
G. PERLMUTTER, RICK CRAWFORD, MARK KIRK,
JAMES CLYBURN, STENY HOYER, and all others
similarly situated,
Plaintiffs-Petitioners
v.
UNITED STATES,
Defendant-Respondent
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2025-119
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On Petition for Permission to Appeal pursuant to 28
U.S.C. Section 1292(d)(2) from the United States Court of
Federal Claims in No. 1:24-cv-00364-EGB, Senior Judge
Eric G. Bruggink.
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ON PETITION
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Before L OURIE, MAYER, and D YK, Circuit Judges.
D YK, Circuit Judge.
O R D E R
Case: 25-119 Document: 11 Page: 1 Filed: 05/20/2025

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DAVIS v. US 2
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(d)(2), petitioners seek
permission to appeal an order of the United States Court
of Federal Claims granting in part the United States’s mo-
tion to dismiss petitioners’ claims for lost pay and retire-
ment benefits. The United States responds, taking no
position on whether the court should permit interlocutory
review.
Under § 1292(d)(2), the Court of Federal Claims may
certify that an order that is not otherwise immediately ap-
pealable is one involving a controlling question of law as to
which there is substantial ground for difference of opinion
and for which an immediate appeal may materially ad-
vance the ultimate termination of the litigation. Ulti-
mately, this court must exercise its own discretion in
deciding whether to grant permission to appeal an interloc-
utory order. See In re Convertible Rowing Exerciser Pat.
Litig., 903 F.2d 822, 822 (Fed. Cir. 1990). In this case, we
decline to grant permission to appeal under § 1292(d)(2).
Accordingly,
I T I S O RDERED T HAT :
The petition for permission to appeal is denied.
May 20, 2025
Date
F OR THE COURT
Case: 25-119 Document: 11 Page: 2 Filed: 05/20/2025

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