Phaidin v. United States

OPINION

MARGOLIS, Judge.

This case is before the court on defendant’s motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. The plaintiff is a citizen of the Republic of Ireland and a former employee of the United States Embassy in Dublin, Ireland. She claims she was unlawfully terminated from her position and seeks damages against the defendant, the United States, for breach of an employment contract and for alleged deprivation of Irish social insurance bene*233fits. The defendant argues that the plaintiff never had an…