Philip W. Goode, Iii v. Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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PHILIP W. GOODE, III,
Appellant
v.
FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT
BOARD,
Appellee
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2025-2135
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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.
O R D E R
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
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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.
December 10, 2025
Date
FOR THE COURT
Case: 25-2135 Document: 8 Page: 2 Filed: 12/10/2025

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