FREIBERG v. MUSKIE

No. 81-1142.

651 F.2d 608 (1981)

Kurt M. FREIBERG, Appellant, v. Hon. Edmund S. MUSKIE; Hon. B. R. Civiletti; and Hon. Jimmy Carter, The President of the United States, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Thalken, U. S. Atty., Dist. of Nebraska, and Joseph F. Gross, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Omaha, Neb., for appellee.

Before HEANEY, HENLEY and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Kurt M. Freiberg appeals the district court's January 8, 1981 dismissal of his lawsuit which sought to compel the United States Department of State to intervene on his behalf with officials of the West German Government. The district court concluded it lacked subject matter jurisdiction because the case solely presented nonjusticiable political questions and accordingly dismissed the suit pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1). We affirm.

The district...

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