Geraldine Sacco v. Department of Justice

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• holding that a prior precedential 5 HIGHMARK v. ALLCARE HEALTH decision on a point of law cannot be overruled or avoided unless the court sits en banc
• acknowledging the U.S. Supreme Court’s standard in Buckhannon for determining prevailing party status under 5 U.S.C. § 7701(g)(1)
• “A panel of this court is bound by prior precedential decisions unless and until overturned en banc.”
• preliminary conclusions, such as those set forth in an administrative judge’s Order and Summary, neither establish judicial imprimatur nor constitute a court-ordered change in the legal relationship of the parties so as to permit an attorney fees award

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