Paul Hinkel Donald Reynolds v. Gordon England, Secretary, United States Navy

OPINION OF THE COURT

CHERTOFF, Circuit Judge.

Appellants are GS-11 level employees of the United States Navy. They allege that the Navy determined that their jobs should be classified at the GS-12 level but has failed to implement the classification. They filed suit seeking a writ of mandamus compelling defendant Gordon England, Secretary of the Navy, to classify them accordingly. Appellants appeal the Magistrate Judge’s decision granting defendant’s motion for summary judgment. 1 We shall affirm.

This Court exercises plenary review over a district court’s grant of summary judgment and applies…