Juneau v. Department of Justice

MICHEL, Chief Judge.

The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) denied the claim of Susan Juneau and her three children (Claimants) for benefits under the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Act (the PSOB Act), 42 U.S.C. §§ 3796 et seq. Because the BJA correctly determined that Mrs. Juneau’s deceased husband did not suffer a “personal injury” as contemplated by the PSOB Act, this court affirms.

I. BACKGROUND

The City of Albany, Georgia, employed John Ross Juneau as the Safety Chief at the Southwest Georgia Regional Airport, a position that required Mr. Juneau to be a law…