United States Ninth Circuit
WHITMAN v. DEP'T OF TRANSP., 03-35303
Dismissal of plaintiff's employment discrimination claim is affirmed where 5 U.S.C. section 7121(a)(1) does not expressly confer federal court jurisdiction over employment-related claims covered by the negotiated grievance procedures of federal employees' collective bargaining agreements.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/30/2004
- Published 08/30/2004
Judges
- WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:, Before HALL, KLEINFELD, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Terry L. Whitman, Anchorage, AK, in pro per plaintiff-appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Timothy M. Burgess, United States Attorney, William Kanter and Lewis S. Yelin, Attorneys, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, for the defendant-appellee.