Troutman v. United States

OPINION

HORN, Judge.

The above captioned case was filed December 3, 1999. The case was originally assigned to Judge Roger B. Andewelt and reassigned to Chief Judge Lawrence M. Baskir, after the untimely passing of Judge Andewelt on August 7, 2001. Chief Judge Baskir subsequently transferred the case to this judge.

The plaintiff receives annuity payments from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund as a retired Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee. In July 1996, plaintiff accepted a position with the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), which is part of the United States ■…