McBryde v. United States

OPINION & ORDER

HODGES, Judge.

This is a suit for reimbursement of litigation expenses pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 463 (1994). Plaintiff, a United States District Court Judge for the Northern District of Texas, seeks recovery of attorneys’ expenses and fees he incurred in pursuing a mandamus action to challenge the transfer of two cases from his docket. Although we conclude that Section 463 is a money-mandating statute sufficient for invoking Tucker Act jurisdiction, we find that Judge McBryde is not entitled to relief because his action did not satisfy the statutory criteria permitting…