Metsch v. United States

Lawrence B. Metseh, an able young lawyer of principle, sues to recover the difference in pay between the salary of an Associate Law Clerk, JSP-11, and that of a Senior Law Clerk, JSP-1'2, for the period from September 1, 1971 to November 15,1971. His claim is that he was denied that pay by an erroneous and illegal decision of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts.

In April 1971 Mr. Metseh became a law clerk (Associate *37Law Clerk, JSP-11) to a United States Circuit Judge; he met the objective qualifications for appointment as Senior Law Clerk, JSP-12, and was considered by the…