Ligia A. Gonzalez-Dufour v. Office of Personnel Management, Loreta Rose Bosely Dufour

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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LIGIA A. GONZALEZ-DUFOUR,
Petitioner
v.
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT,
LORETA ROSE BOSELY DUFOUR,
Respondents
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2026-1208
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Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection
Board in No. SF-0831-25-1433-I-1.
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ON MOTION
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Before STOLL, WALLACH, and CUNNINGHAM, Circuit
Judges.
PER CURIAM.
O R D E R
The Office of Personnel Management moves to dismiss
this matter as premature. Ligia A. Gonzalez-Dufour has
not filed a response.
Case: 26-1208 Document: 10 Page: 1 Filed: 01/21/2026

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GONZALEZ-DUFOUR v. OPM 2
Ms. Gonzalez-Dufour has filed petitions for review,
from the same initial decision denying her application for
survivor benefits, at both the Merit Systems Protection
Board and this court. Our jurisdiction is typically limited
to “an appeal from a final order or final decision of the
[Board],” 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a)(9), and a timely petition for
Board review ordinarily renders the administrative judge’s
initial decision non-final. See 5 C.F.R. § 1201.113(a); Weed
v. Soc. Sec. Admin., 571 F.3d 1359, 1361–63 (Fed.
Cir. 2009); cf. PGS Geophysical AS v. Iancu, 891 F.3d 1354,
1361 (Fed. Cir. 2018). Here, Ms. Gonzalez-Dufour’s still
pending petition with the Board renders this matter prem-
ature for our review.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
(1) This matter is dismissed as premature.
(2) Each party shall bear its own costs.
January 21, 2026
Date
FOR THE COURT
Case: 26-1208 Document: 10 Page: 2 Filed: 01/21/2026

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