Legal Opinion
Vera L. JENNINGS, Appellant, v. AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION, Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 19, 1982No. 81-1126PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Vera L. Jennings appeals the dismissal of her complaint against the American Postal Workers Union, Local 8 (Union), 1 by the District Court for want of jurisdiction and failure to state a cause of action. She also appeals the court’s denial of her request for appointment of counsel. In her complaint, Ms. Jennings alleged that the Union discriminated against her on the basis of race and sex by not adequately representing her in her grievance against her former employer, the United States Postal Service. The District Court interpreted Ms. Jennings’s pro sc complaint as…
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