Antonellis v. United States

OPINION

DAMICH, Judge:

In this military pay case, Plaintiff James Antonellis, an officer of the United States Navy Reserve, alleges that he is entitled to back pay under the Military Pay Act, 37 U.S.C. § 206 (2006), because the Navy Reserve improperly failed to assign him a Selected Reserve pay billet. Between 2009 and 2011, he applied to 69 Selected Reserve pay billets, but he was not selected for one. Consequently, he remained on an unpaid billet. He alleges that the Navy Reserve failed to follow its own procedures in selecting officers, which resulted in his non-selection. Plaintiff alleges…