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MUIRHEAD v. MECHAM

No. 05-1493.

427 F.3d 14 (2005)

James R. MUIRHEAD, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. L. Ralph MECHAM, Director, Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 20, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter D. Anderson, with whom McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton, P.A. was on brief, for appellant.

Catherine Y. Hancock, Attorney, Appellate Staff, with whom Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Thomas P. Colantuono, United States Attorney, and Michael S. Raab, Attorney, Appellate Staff, were on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA and LYNCH, Circuit Judges, and RESTANI, Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This case stems from a statutory interpretation by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (the Director) that resulted in the exclusion of a magistrate judge from the Judicial Survivors' Annuities System (JSAS). The judge challenged the correctness of the Director's interpretation in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. After determining that it had jurisdiction to adjudicate the matter...

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