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WILLIAMS v. UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

No. 05-17072.

500 F.3d 1019 (2007)

Anthony WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED AIRLINES, INC; Ron King, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 31, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony L. Williams, Oakland, CA, pro se, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Michael Mankes and Michael G. Pedhirney, Littler Mendelson, San Francisco, CA, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: EUGENE E. SILER, JR., M. MARGARET McKEOWN, and CARLOS T. BEA, Circuit Judges.

McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:

Anthony L. Williams appeals the district court's dismissal of his complaint alleging violations of the Federal Airline Deregulation Act's Whistleblower Protection Program (the "WPP"), 49 U.S.C. § 42121, and related state law claims. At issue in this case is whether an aggrieved employee may bring a suit in federal district court to allege violations of the WPP. We hold that the WPP does not create such a right of action and affirm the...

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