Authorities Cited: United States Code 5 U.S.C. § 5596 5 U.S.C. § 5596(b)(4) 5 U.S.C. § 6323 5 U.S.C. § 6323(a)(1) 5 U.S.C. § 7703(c) 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a)(9) 31 U.S.C. § 3702 38 U.S.C. § 2021(b)(3) 38 U.S.C. § 4301 38 U.S.C. § 4301(a) 38 U.S.C. § 4324(c) 38 U.S.C. § 4324(c)(1) Supreme Court 347 U.S. 260, 267-268 414 U.S. 488, 496 417 U.S. 535, 550-551 440 U.S. 625, 631 502 U.S. 215, 220 Circuit Courts 602 F.2d 763, 766-767 789 F.2d 908, 913 804 F.2d 821, 824-825 864 F.2d 1581, 1583 108 F.3d 324, 326 142 F.3d 1444, 1446-1447 234 F.3d 553, 557 317 F.3d 1384, 1386 336 F.3d 1332 431 F.3d 1342, 1348 479 F.3d 830, 843-844