Perdeaux v. United States

Plaintiffs-appellants, 138 in number, are Field Witness Security Specialists for the United States Marshals Service (USMS). They assert that in July 1993, USMS personnel officer Kaye McWhirter reclassified them from General Schedule (GS) 1811-12 to a new GS 1811-13 “Criminal Investigator” position, but they never actually obtained the GS-13 rank. According to plaintiffs, because Ms. McWhirter possessed “final authority” to execute this action, and because the applicable regulation provides for such actions to become effective not later than the beginning of the fourth pay period following the…