Legal Opinion
Schaffer v. GTE, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 20, 2002No. 01-55815; D.C. No. CV-00-03880-RPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM **
Mary Beth Schaffer appeals the summary judgment in favor of her former employer, Verizon Data,1 and supervisors Roger Schueller, and Chris Poehlman. For the reasons that follow, we affirm. Subject matter jurisdiction.
At the time of removal to federal court, Schaffer’s complaint had alleged a violation of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (“COBRA”), codified at 29 U.S.C. § 1161 et seq. Because Schaffer’s complaint presented a federal question on its face, the removal of both her federal and state law claims was proper. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1441(a) & (c).
Schaffer’…
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