Washburn v. Court Ordered Benefits Section

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHOO WASHBURN, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 21-1281 (TJK) U.S. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGE- MENT, Defendant. MEMORANDUM ORDER Plaintiff Choo Washburn, proceeding pro se, sought to compel the Office of Personnel Management to redirect her portion of her ex-husband’s federal-retirement-benefit payments to her directly, rather than having it paid to her court-appointed guardian. But the Court dismissed most of her claims for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction because Congress has vested the exclu- sive power to decide such issues in…