Kevin Murphy, Administrator of the Estate of Lawrence Martin Payne v. United States of America, Docket No. 04-6265-Cv

This appeal concerns the availability of judicial review of a decision of the United States Air Force denying claims under the Military Claims Act (“MCA”), 10 U.S.C. §§ 2731-2738. The claims were brought by family members of federal employees who were killed in a crash of an Air Force plane in Bosnia in April 1996. See id. § 2733. The Air Force denied the MCA claims on the ground that the Federal Employees Compensation Act (“FECA”), 5 U.S.C. §§ 8101-8193, provided the exclusive remedy for the families of federal employees killed in the course of performing government service, see id. §…