Abrahams v. United States

ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION AND DEFENDANT’S CROSS-MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

OPINION

YOCK, Judge:

This civilian pay case involves claims for overtime brought by 158 plaintiffs in three separate petitions, now consolidated. Pursuant to the Federal Employees Pay Act, 5 U.S.C. § 5542(a) (1976), plaintiffs are seeking overtime pay for time spent traveling on a Bureau of Prisons boat to and from their job. On motion for summary judgment, the plaintiffs allege that no material issues of fact exist and that the travel on the boat clearly falls within the statutory provisions entitling them to overtime pay.…