Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance’s (BJA) denial of claim for benefits by plaintiff and her three children under the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Act (PSOB Act) 42 U.S.C. section 3796, is affirmed as the BJA correctly determined that plaintiff’s deceased husband did not die as a result of the type of injury that is compensable under the PSOB Act. 

Read Juneau v. Dep’t of Justice, No. 09-8002

Appeal from:  Public Safety Officers’ Benefits

Decided September 29, 2009

Judges

Before Michel, Chief Judge, Newman, and Prost, Circuit Judges

Opinion by Michel, Chief Judge.   

Counsel

For Appellant:  Joseph P. durham, Jr., Langley & Lee, LLC

For Appellee:  Jeffrey A. Regner, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice. 

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