Charles W. Hancock v. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor, and William McCauley Director, United States Employees' Compensation Commission

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from the dismissal of his complaint by the district court for the district of New Jersey. The complaint alleged that the plaintiff, a civilian employee of the United States who had contracted a chronic disease in government service, had been denied compensation under the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, 5 U.S.C. A. § 751 et seq. by the Director of the Bureau of Employees' Compensation or its predecessor, the Employees’ Compensation Commission, and by the Secretary of Labor. The complaint was filed pro se and it is difficult to determine exactly what…