Goode v. Frtib

Case: 25-2135 Document: 8 Page: 1 Filed: 12/10/2025

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

______________________ PHILIP W. GOODE, III, Appellant v.

FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT

BOARD, Appellee

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2025-2135 ______________________

Appeal from the FRTIB Federal Retirement Thrift In- vestment Board in No. CSA9119427.

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Before PROST, CHEN, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM.

ORDER

Following this court’s October 14, 2025 order directing the parties to address this court’s jurisdiction, the parties agree the case should be transferred to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

On July 22, 2025, the Federal Retirement Thrift In- vestment Board appears to have issued Philip W.

Goode, III a letter denying his appeal from an earlier deci- sion denying his “request to change [his] beneficiary Case: 25-2135 Document: 8 Page: 2 Filed: 12/10/2025 2 GOODE v. FRTIB designation and redistribute the estate beneficiary pay- ment from Ms. Sheila Goode’s account,” ECF No. 1-2 at 2, while noting that Mr. Goode “retain[s] the right to file suit in federal district court under 5 U.S.C. § 8477(e)(3)(C)(i).” Mr. Goode then filed a petition for review with this court.

This court’s authority to review decisions from agencies is limited to only certain originating tribunals. See 28 U.S.C. § 1295; Practice Notes to Fed. Cir. R. 15 (identifying statutes providing for our review of certain agency deci- sions). We do not have jurisdiction over the Federal Retire- ment Thrift Investment Board’s decision here. Instead, we agree with the parties that transfer to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia is appropriate. See 28 U.S.C. § 1631.

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED THAT:

This matter and all case filings are transferred to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1631.

FOR THE COURT December 10, 2025

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