BOOHER v. U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

No. 87-5016.

843 F.2d 943 (1988)

Michael BOOHER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 4, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charlton R. DeVault, Jr. (argued), Kingsport, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellant.

Bruce Joel Jacobsohn, Office of Labor Law, Philadelphia, Pa., J. Edgar Schmutzer, Asst. U.S. Atty., Greeneville, Tenn., Joan C. Goodrich (argued), U.S. Postal Service, Office of Labor Law, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Before JONES, WELLFORD and BOGGS, Circuit Judges.


WELLFORD, Circuit Judge.

At issue in this case is the question of whether the district court erred in finding it had no jurisdiction to hear the plaintiff's claim "for equitable relief and damages." For the reasons set out below, we affirm the district court's decision that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction.

I.

This action was brought by Michael Booher, a postal employee on probationary status with the Postal Service. Booher was dismissed by...

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