MUWWAKKIL v. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MGT.

No. 93-3490.

18 F.3d 921 (1994)

Melanie L. MUWWAKKIL, Petitioner, v. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

March 8, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melanie L. Muwwakkil, submitted Pro Se.

Carol L. Wallack, Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Department of Justice, of Washington, D.C., submitted for respondent. With him on the brief were Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, David M. Cohen, Director and Jeanne E. Davidson, Assistant Director. Also on the brief were Lorraine Lewis, General Counsel and Murray H. Meeker, Attorney, Office of General Counsel, Office of Personnel Management, of counsel.

Before ARCHER, PLAGER, and SCHALL, Circuit Judges.


PLAGER, Circuit Judge.

This case, which comes to us from a pro se litigant, raises an important question regarding the duty of OPM under the statutes requiring former-spouse notification. On reconsideration of its initial decision, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) denied Melanie L. Muwwakkil's (Muwwakkil) application for benefits, based on the employment of her former spouse, James A. Lee (Lee), under the Civil Service Retirement Act (CSRA...

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