ADAIR v. U.S.

No. 2006-5077.

497 F.3d 1244 (2007)

Frank E. ADAIR, Cynthia A. Adams, Joseph Aldridge, Emory T. Allen, Jodee B. Anderson, Alfredo Arias, Joseph W. Arnett, Lisa D. Ayres, Clyde J. Baker, Sr., Paul E. Barnard, Charles M. Bell, Anthony O. Benjamin, Roy E. Beverly, Archie S. Boatright, Jr., Terry James Boulineau, John Bradford, Mary Ann Branch, Danny L. Brantley, Jodi Britt, Yancie W. Britt, Michael E. Brown, Prentice Kerry Brown, Willie M. Brown, Donret G. Buckley, Gregory A. Bullman, Michael R. Bunch, Jonathan Nathaniel Cann, Thomas Way Carter, Erin J. Chalfant, Georgia A. Clark, Tyrone Clark, Richard L. Clemons, Thomas D. Coffey, Debra R. Coleman, Charles S. Collins, Jay D. Collins, Randy L. Courson, Earl F. Cox, Vincent L. Crawford, Van F. Crews, Sr., Anthony Dancer, Debra Davis, Robin Davis, Darius E. Dela Cruz, William Leslie Delk, Richard Eugene Denson, Ricky Dent, Sandra Dickens, James Diller, Jeff A. Dollar, Charles Mitchell Dowling, Glenn Dunlap, Sr., Karen S. Dunn, James O. Echols, Jr., Allen Edenfield, Brian Keith Edmunds, Kerry Edwards, Donald J. Enfinger, Timothy Estep, Retina D. Felton, Dan Force, Jerry C. Forsyth, Jr., Kerry S. Frasier, Dale T. Fredericks, Billy R. Fulks, Charles Futch, Edward L. Gannom, Rodolfo Garcia, Jr., Brian D. Gartner, Marina Gibson, Amos Gibson, IV, Robert Gill, Merle Goarcke, Donald Wayne Graham, Gabrielson Greer, Brian Donald Hagan, Gordan R. Haggard, Randall E. Hand, George A. Hargrove, Beth Hargrove, J. Brian Harrell, Lavada Yvonne Harrell, Luther F. Harter, Brenda A. Hearn, Joe Heatherly, II, Stephen Henriksen, Benjamin James Hockensmith, James Hodge, Floyd Howard, Scott L. Hoyle, Thomas W. Hutcheson, Waldemar Rosario Inigo, Ervin A. Jackson, Nathaniel V. Jackson, Lance E. James, David L. Jarnigan, Tracey Jermon, Bobby Lee Johnson, Donald L. Johnson, Christopher Jones, Michael J. Jones, Edward J. Jones, Jr., Damon Kennedy, Manuel King, Mark B. King, James W. Lankford, Carmon M. Larue, Renee C. Lee, Jay Jimmie Lee Leggett, Kristie Leggett, Jeanne Leroux, Cedric W. Lindsey, Alvin Levon Lovett, Horace David Lowman, G. Eric Mallard, Shawn R. Manning, Primus Mansfield, Jr., Joseph Todd Martel, Robert G. Massey, William Robert Mathis, Jr., Allen Matthews, Ronnie D. Mauldin, Edward F. Mauro, Reginald B. McEuen, Ronald H. McGowan, Jr., Diane L. McGriff, Norwood B. McQuaig, Jr., James Q. McRae, III, Jonathan Mead, Janet Medders, Rickey Miles, Cami Miller, Randy Milton, Nash D. Mitchell, Benjamin Moore, Johnny E. Moore, Patrick C. Moore, Oscar J. Moore, Justin Moran, Delma L. Moseley, Joseph Moseley, Wayne Moseley, James C. Moye, Lawrence R. Nanoy, Dwight Arlington Newbould, Ellis Lee Nichols, Steen W. Nile, Michael W. Nowling, Marvin Orange, Melissa Orvin, Ignacio J. Palacio, David M. Parker, Ricky E. Parker, R.F. Pasley, Robert T. Pitts, II, Wesley K. Popwell, Natasha D. Porter, William H.S. Pratt, Thomas Eugene Presson, Annie Arbuthnot Price, Thomas N. Price, Earl Quarterman, Anita A. Rabidou, Randall A. Reid, Ronnie C. Reid, Jennifer Ricks, Willie H. Roach, Jr., Chad E. Roberson, Frank Robertson, Mario Robinson, Neal A. Rogers, Jason Rogers, Reco Roncaglione, William D. (Dave) Rowland, Jefferey L. Russell, Joanne Santoyo, John C. Schell, Marcus V. Scott, Ricky Sheffield, Donald (Ray) Shiflet, Billy M. Singleton, Marvin Slusser, Jeffrey Smith, Frances A. Smith, Bobby L. Smith, Jr., Robert J. Smith, Jr., Sean L. Snook, Doris E. Spell, Larry D. Spell, Leonard F. Spell, Walter Spence, Scott N. Stanley, Richard D. Starnes, Billy Ray Stoddard, Jeffrey Strickland, Angela Strickland, Christopher J. Strickland, Danny Sullivan, Maria L. Sumner, Randall Leslie Sumner, Frederick C. Sweat, Stacey R. Sweat, Billy R. Talley, Richard E. Tanner, Ronald E. Taylor, Miguel A. Terradas, III, Roy Thomas, Alan Thomason, Bobby L. Thomson, Jeremy J. Todd, Paulino Torres, Yolanda Tubbs, Donald L. Vanhuss, Gary Waher, Jr., Bradley Walker, Glenn Walker, Paulette Walker, Gerald W. Walley, Debraca Walthour, Helen H. Washington, Guylee D. Washington, Jr., John K. Wellington, Clyde Weston, Cameron P. Wheeler, Danny Wheeler, Arthur L. Williams, Joseph M. Williams, Gary E. Williams, Sr., Connie L. Windham, Calvin L. Wingate, Mark Wolfort, Thomas Wood, Jacquelyn N. Wright, John G. Yawn, And Ashley A. Young, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

July 30, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wallace E. Harrell, Gilbert, Harrell, Summerford & Martin, P.C., of Brunswick, GA, argued for plaintiffs-appellants. With him on the brief was James L. Roberts, IV.

Douglas K. Mickle, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. With him on the brief were Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General and Todd M. Hughes, Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief was Melanie Watson, Office of Personnel Management, Office of General Counsel, of Washington, DC. Of counsel was Alicia Daniels-Lewis, Labor Law Branch, Federal Bureau of Prisons, of Atlanta, GA.

Before MICHEL, Chief Judge, GAJARSA and DYK, Circuit Judges.


MICHEL, Chief Judge.

Adair et al. (hereinafter "Adair"), prison guards at the Federal Correctional Institution ("FCI") in Jesup, Georgia, appeal from the final decision of the United States Court of Federal Claims dismissing their complaint seeking enhanced back pay for their exposure to inmates' smoking for a lack of subject matter jurisdiction under the Tucker Act. Adair v. United States, 70 Fed.Cl. 65 (2006). Discerning no reversible error on the...

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