Gerald M. PARKS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Honorable John T. DUNLOP, Secretary of Labor, Defendant-Appellant

In this Title VII action 1 the plaintiff, a white person alleging reverse employment discrimination by the Department of Labor of the United States, obtained a preliminary injunction forbidding the Secretary of Labor from making a permanent appointment to the position desired by the plaintiff pending exhaustion of his administrative remedies. The district court refused to grant the Secretary’s motion to dissolve the injunction, and the Secretary appeals disputing both the district court’s jurisdiction and the lack of irreparable injury to the plaintiff. We reverse.

Parks, the plaintiff, is…