Legal Opinion
Murphree v. American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO
District Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided March 27, 2012No. 4:11-CV-2563-KOBPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
KARON OWEN BOWDRE, District Judge.
The mere invocation of a federal statute does not automatically provide a hook to drag a plaintiff into federal court, even if the plaintiffs allegations are somehow connected to that statute. Thus, as this court considers Plaintiffs Motion to Remand (doc. 4), it does not question the degree to which the conduct alleged by the plaintiff overlaps with the Civil Service Reform Act, Pub.L. No. 95-454, 91 Stat. 1111 (1978) (codified in scattered sections of 5 U.S.C.A.), a federal statute enacted to resolve personnel disputes among federal…
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