Moore v. Department of Justice

DYK, Circuit Judge.

Petitioners are survivors of eight firefighters who died in 2003. They seek survivors’ benefits under the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Act (“Benefits Act”), 42 U.S.C. § 3796 et seq. The Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Office (“Benefits Office”) denied the claims, and petitioners filed requests for redetermination by the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (“BJA”), which also denied the claims. Petitioners seek review of the BJA’s decision. The BJA did not err in concluding that the firefighters were not public safety officers within the meaning of the Benefits…