Legal Opinion
Jimmie E. Small v. Elaine E. Chao, Secretary of the Department of Labor
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 14, 2005No. 03-3166PublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Jimmie Small’s case arises from his effort to obtain paralegal training at government expense. He sued federal, state, and local entities on a variety of theories, none of which survived the district court’s scrutiny. That court dismissed his claim against the Secretary of Labor for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, and it dismissed his claims against the remaining defendants for failure to state a claim (principally because he could not show that any of the defendants was his employer). We affirm the district court’s judgment.
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