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 MANAG- MENT, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff sued the Office of Personnel Management, seeking to redirect federal-retirement- benefit payments linked to her ex-husband’s federal service that it is paying to her court-appointed guardian. But Congress has vested the exclusive power to decide such issues in other adjudicative bodies. So the Court must dismiss most of her claims for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. To the extent the Court has…