Bemus v. Merit Systems Protection Board

Mary E. Bemus petitions for review of the final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (“MSPB”), which dismissed her appeal from a decision of the Office of Personnel Management (“OPM”) on the basis that the MSPB lacked jurisdiction over the subject matter of her appeal. Bemus v. Office of Pers. Mgmt., Docket No. CH-0870-02-0241-1-1 (May 6, 2002). The OPM denied Bemus’s application for life insurance benefits accrued by her former spouse, Vernon Bemus, who died on September 7, 2001. The MSPB held that it lacked jurisdiction over the petitioner’s appeal because the relevant life…