Piper v. United States

OPINION AND ORDER

SWEENEY, Judge.

Plaintiff is a retired federal employee who chose to retire from his position with the United States Army (“Army”) and then reenter federal service as a Transportation Security Officer with the Transportation Security Administration (“TSA”). In making this decision, plaintiff relied upon the TSA’s purported assurances that his status as a federal retiree would not affect the terms of his employment with the TSA. However, upon plaintiffs reemployment, the TSA began to deduct his retirement annuity from his pay. This unanticipated and substantial reduction in…