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B-204409 1 (1983-05-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlbz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATUS WASHINGTON. .C. 20548 VNITIP FILE: B-204409 DATE: May 23, 1983 MATTER OF: William C. Ragland -'Claim For Salary Retentioni- Res JudicIta DIGEST: An employee seeks a Comptroller General decision on his entitlement to salary retention. The General Accounting Office adheres to the doctrine of res judicata to the effect that the valid judgment of a court on a matter is a bar to a subsequent action on that same matter before the General Accounting Office. 47 Comp. Gen. 573 (1968). Since in William C. Ragland v. Internal Revenue Service, Appeal No. 55-81 (C.A.F.C. November 1, 1982), it was previously decided that the employee was not entitled to saved pay benefits; the General Accounting Office will not consider his claim for salary retention. Mr. William C. Raglan<seeks a Comptroller General decision on his entitlement to salary retention. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit specifically decided in this same matter that he was not entitled to saved pay benefits. Wiliam C. Ragland v. Internal Revenue Service, Appeal No. 55-81 (C.A.F.C. November 1, 1982). The issue is whether the General Accounting Office will consider his claim in light of the previous judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denying it. We conclude that his claim will not be considered, because it is barred by our application of the doctrine of res judicata. Mr. Ragland was-an employee of the Internal Revenue Service in Washington, D.C. When his position was elimi- nated, he was reassigned to a position at the same grade in Houston, Texas.- He-believed this position to be a which would be abolished after he relocated. Prior to his reporting for duty in Houston, he accepted a lower-graded position with 4nother unit of the Internal Revenue Service in Washington, D.C. He signed a statement indicating that he voluntarily accepted the lower-graded position.

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