SMALL v. CHAO

No. 03-3166.

398 F.3d 894 (2005)

Jimmie E. SMALL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Elaine E. CHAO, Secretary of the Department of Labor, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 14, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric M. Schwing (argued), Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

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.

Before EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Jimmie Small's case arises from his effort to obtain paralegal training at government expense. He sued federal, state, and local entities on a variety of theories, none of which survived the district court's scrutiny. That court dismissed his claim against the Secretary of Labor for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, and it dismissed his claims against the remaining defendants for failure to state a...

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