COUGHLIN v. RYDER

No. 14945.

341 F.2d 291 (1965)

John A. COUGHLIN, Appellant, v. S. P. RYDER, Regional Director, Third United States Civil Service Region.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided February 15, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Goldstein, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Stanley D. Rose, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (John W. Douglas, Asst. Atty. Gen., Drew J. T. O'Keefe, U. S. Atty., Morton Hollander, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BIGGS, Chief Judge, and KALODNER and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The court below was without jurisdiction to entertain the action because of the failure to join indispensable parties, the members of the Civil Service Commission. The members of the Civil Service Commission were not served in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. It is obvious that the relief sought by the appellant, Coughlin, cannot be granted by a decree directed against the appellee,

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