Case Name: John B. RAMIREZ; J. Michael Mangawang, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-02-10
Citations: 87 F. App'x 666
Docket Number: No. 02-56924; D.C. No. CV-02-00652-GLT
Parties: John B. RAMIREZ; J. Michael Mangawang, Plaintiffs—Appellants, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Defendant—Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 87
Pages: 666–667

Head Matter:
John B. RAMIREZ; J. Michael Mangawang, Plaintiffs—Appellants, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Defendant—Appellee.
No. 02-56924.
D.C. No. CV-02-00652-GLT.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Feb. 4, 2004.
Decided Feb. 10, 2004.
John B. Ramirez, pro se, J. Michael Mangawang, pro se, Lake Forest, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Allen H. Feldman, Associate Solicitor, Nathaniel I. Spiller, Michael P. Doyle, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before KOZINSKI, O’SCANNLAIN, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
The declaratory judgment action brought by the United Employers Voluntary Employees Beneficiary Association I ("UEVEBA") and its trustees against the Department of Labor is dismissed for lack of standing. UEVEBA sought a declaratory judgment requiring the Department to recant a purely advisory opinion that carries no force of law and that others are free to accept or to reject. Appellants thus have not alleged the existence of a justiciable case or controversy. See Warth v. Seldin, 422 U.S. 490, 498-99, 95 S.Ct. 2197, 45 L.Ed.2d 343 (1975). The district court's dismissal of the action is AFFIRMED.
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