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Link v. Rhodes

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315 F. App'x 624
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMarch 2, 2009No. 07-15574California449 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Gustave Link appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his action alleging that officials of his union and a joint labor-management training committee conspired to terminate him from an apprenticeship training program in retaliation for his criticism of union officials. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo. Vasquez v. Los Angeles County, 487 F.Sd 1246, 1249 (9th Cir.2007). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Link’s claims against Douglas McCarron because neither the complaint nor the amended complaint alleges facts sufficient to create an agency relation between McCarron and the Northern California Carpenters Regional Council. See Laughon v. Int’l Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists & Allied Crafts of the U.S. & Canada, 248 F.3d 931 , 935 (9th Cir.2001) (“[I]f the local [union] exercises considerable autonomy in conducting its affairs, it cannot be regarded as an agent of the international [union], and the international accordingly cannot be held liable under an agency theory for the local’s actions.”).

The district court properly dismissed Link’s claims for…

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