Richard G. Evans, Plaintiff-appellant, v. the United States, Defendant-appellee, 862 F.2d 320 (Fed. Cir. 1988)

Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, and FRIEDMAN and PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judges.

MARKEY, Chief Judge.

DECISION

Evans appeals from a decision of the United States Claims Court, 14 Cl.Ct. 194 (Futey, J.) denying a motion for summary judgment and dismissing the complaint on a cross-motion for summary judgment by the United States. We affirm.

OPINION

The Claims Court correctly dismissed the complaint. It lacked Tucker Act jurisdiction because none of the allegedly violated regulations or statutes establishes that Evans had a substantive right to money damages.

The Administratively Uncontrollable Overtime (AUO) statute, 5 U.S.C. § 5545 (c) (2), in its use of "may" expressly places the determination of method of overtime compensation within the agency's discretion. Thus it is not a statute that mandates government compensation and is not an appropriate basis for Tucker Act relief. Notwithstanding the failure of the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) to remove Deputy Marshals from the list of positions authorized for AUO in its Order 1551.1, its decision to eliminate AUO was properly implemented because USMS is a component bureau of Department of Justice and the latter's Order 1551.4A thus takes precedence.