Casumpang v. ILWU, LOCAL 142

Opinion of the Court by

LEVINSON, J.

The plaintiff-appellant Nicanor E. Casum-pang, Jr. appeals from the order of the district court of the second circuit granting the defendant-appellee ILWU (International Longshore & Warehouse Union), Local 142’s (hereinafter, “the Union”) motion to dismiss Casumpang’s complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. On appeal, Casumpang argues that the district court erred in: (1) relying on an order of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, entered on June 24, 1999, which dismissed a related complaint that Casumpang had filed in…