On June 23, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled in Doe v. United States, No. 03-5075, that the plaintiffs were not entitled to overtime compensation under the Federal Employees Pay Act (FEPA) because there was no evidence that the overtime had been officially ordered or approved in writing. The plaintiffs, a class of over 9,000 Department of Justice attorneys, brought a class action lawsuit in the Court of Federal Claims seeking overtime compensation. The Federal Employees Pay Act (FEPA), 5 U.S.C.