Legal Opinion
Abdulhalim Ali v. Robert Rogers
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 19, 2015No. 13-15145PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SILVERMAN, Circuit Judge:
Abdulhalim Ali was a seaman aboard a tanker ship owned by the United States Maritime Administration, an agency of the federal government, but operated by a private company under a contract. At all material times, the ship was in navigable water. Ali alleges that the human resources director of the company operating the ship ordered the ship’s captain to fire him because, he is of Yemeni origin. Ali brought a civil rights lawsuit naming as defendants the H.R. director and the captain of the ship, but not the United States. We hold today, as the district court…
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