Court Opinion

ID: 9457428
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 20:21:43.04151+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:35:20.826102
License: Public Domain

NEVILLE, District Judge
(concurring).
I concur and join in the decision of this case, and in Judge Stephenson’s opinion with the exception of that part discussing the jurisdiction. I believe no real question of federal jurisdiction is presented. The defendants here are all employees of the federal government, i. e„ the Secretary of State, Secretary of the Air Force and the Commander of the Air Force Base in North Dakota. The Federal Courts have subject matter jurisdiction over any suit brought against a Federal employee “acting in his official' capacity or under color of legal authority” and 28 U.S.C. § 1391(e) states as a matter of venue that any such suit may be brought in any judicial district in which a defendant resides, or the cause of action arose, or where plaintiff resides. This action was brought ■ in North Dakota where plaintiff is and has been stationed and the cause of action arose. Indeed, were such an action as this to be brought in a State court under 28 U.S.C. § 1442(a) (1) and (3) and § 1442(a) it is per se removable to the Federal Court. The court in my opinion need make no further inquiry concerning jurisdiction and is not required to analogize the case to a writ of habeas corpus.
On the merits, I thoroughly agree with Judge Stephenson’s well written opinion.