Salvatore Bortone v. United States

Living Quarters Allowance eligibility under the Overseas Differentials and Allowances Act; 5 U.S.C. § 5923; Department of State Standardized Regulations §§ 031.11 — .12; Department of Defense Instruction 1418.1

OPINION

FIRESTONE, Judge.

Pending before the court is the defendant’s (“government”) motion for summary judgment in this action brought by plaintiff, Mr. Salvatore Bortone, a criminal investigator for the Europe and Africa Field Office of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (“NCIS”) in Naples, Italy, for wrongful denial of $284,000 in living quarter allowance (“LQA”) plus interest…