Kostelic v. Bernardi

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

GETZENDANNER, District Judge.

Plaintiff Mieczyslaw Kostelic brings this action challenging defendants’ decision to withhold from Kostelic, and persons similarly situated, state unemployment insurance benefits. This withholding is said to violate the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 501 et seq., and the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Kostelic seeks declaratory and injunctive relief and damages from the administrators of the Illinois Unemployment Insurance Program.

Defendants have moved to dismiss the complaint on the grounds that there is no…