SMALL v. CHAO, 03-3166
Plaintiff's employment discrimination suit, stemming from the government's refusal to pay for his paralegal training, is dismissed where the federal government is entitled to sovereign immunity.
Appellate Information
- Argued 04/16/2004
- Decided 02/14/2005
- Published 02/14/2005
Judges
- WOOD, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Eric M. Schwing (argued), Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- James A. Lewis (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Springfield, IL, D. J. Sartorio (argued), Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess, Chicago, IL, Timothy McPike (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, Carol Hansen Posegate, Claire A. Manning (argued), Posegate & Denes, Springfield, IL, Thomas G. West, Hattery, Simpson & West, Galesburg, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.