Oliver F. Busby v. United States

D.C. Circuit

Oliver F. Busby v. United States

267 F.2d 687, 105 U.S. App. D.C. 410, 1959 U.S. App. LEXIS 3786

CourtCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

DecidedMay 28, 1959

Docket14882_1

StatusPublished

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Oliver F. Busby v. United States, 267 F.2d 687, 105 U.S. App. D.C. 410, 1959 U.S. App. LEXIS 3786 (D.C. Cir. 1959).

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PER CURIAM.

Appellant, after exhausting all administrative remedies, sought a District Court’s declaratory judgment that he is entitled to accumulated and to future retirement annuity benefits. Judgment was entered for the Government.

The Civil Service Retirement Act of 1920, 41 Stat. 614, 5 U.S.C.A. § 691 et seq. became effective while appellant was *688 employed in the classified Civil Service. A deduction of $8.14 was made from appellant’s basic salary to cover the period between August 1, 1920 and September 20, 1920,. at which latter date appellant voluntarily resigned his position after some twenty years of Government employment. The Act made provision for his recovery of the amount deducted but he neither applied for nor received a refund. Since his resignation, appellant has held no Government position.

Appellant in 1955 applied for retirement annuity benefits. The Civil Service Commission ruled that his voluntary resignation in 1920 had terminated his status as an “employee,” and since the Act made no provision for retirement benefits for former employees who resigned before meeting the requirements of Section 1 of the Act, he was not entitled to a retirement annuity. We are satisfied that neither the 1920 Act nor any later amendment afforded retirement benefit status to this appellant.

Affirmed.

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PER CURIAM.

Appellant, after exhausting all administrative remedies, sought a District Court’s declaratory judgment that he is entitled to accumulated and to future retirement annuity benefits. Judgment was entered for the Government.

The Civil Service Retirement Act of 1920, 41 Stat. 614, 5 U.S.C.A. § 691 et seq. became effective while appellant was *688 employed in the classified Civil Service. A deduction of $8.14 was made from appellant’s basic salary to cover the period between August 1, 1920 and September 20, 1920,. at which latter date appellant voluntarily resigned his position after some twenty years of Government employment. The Act made provision for his recovery of the amount deducted but he neither applied for nor received a refund. Since his resignation, appellant has held no Government position.

Appellant in 1955 applied for retirement annuity benefits. The Civil Service Commission ruled that his voluntary resignation in 1920 had terminated his status as an “employee,” and since the Act made no provision for retirement benefits for former employees who resigned before meeting the requirements of Section 1 of the Act, he was not entitled to a retirement annuity. We are satisfied that neither the 1920 Act nor any later amendment afforded retirement benefit status to this appellant.

Affirmed.

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