Turner

MEMORANDUM **

Gregory Turner, a federal government employee, appeals pro se the district court’s judgment dismissing his action against his local federal union and several of its officers alleging violations of the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (“LMRDA”), 29 U.S.C. § 401 , and California tort law. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Orsay v. U.S. Dep’t of Justice, 289 F.3d 1125 ,1128 (9th Cir.2002), and we affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Turner’s action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction because a labor union representing federal government employees exclusively is not a statutory labor organization under the LMRDA, and is therefore not subject to that statute. See 29 U.S.C. §§ 402 (e), (j); Chao v. Bremerton Metal Trades Council, 294 F.3d 1114, 1117 (9th Cir.2002).

The district court also properly determined that Turner’s state law claims against his union and its officers are preempted by the Civil Service Reform Act, which grants exclusive jurisdiction to the Federal Labor Relations Authority. See Karahalios v. Nat’l Fed’n of Fed. Employees, Local 1263, 489 U.S. 527, 529 , 109 S.Ct. 1282 , 103 L.Ed.2d 539…