Murphy Exploration & Production Co. v. United States Department of the Interior

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SENTELLE.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS.

SENTELLE, Circuit Judge:

Murphy Exploration and Production Co. (“Murphy”) appeals the District Court’s dismissal, for lack of jurisdiction, of its claim that the Department of the Interior (“DOI”) failed to reimburse it for mining royalty overpayments. Murphy’s lawsuit invokes the Federal Oñ and Gas Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act (“FOGRS-FA”), which confers jurisdiction on courts to consider challenges to “administrative proceedings” that the agency fails to resolve within 33 months…