Bonton v. LA Dept of Labor

*Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that this
opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under
the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
For the Fifth Circuit
No. 01-30265
Summary Calendar
PATRICIA A. BONTON,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
VERSUS
LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION OFFICE,
Defendant-Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Louisiana
August 6, 2001
Before JOLLY, DeMOSS, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
The appellant, Patricia A. Bonton, was terminated from her
employment as a civilian federal employee in the position of
engineer/manager with Tinker Air Force Base in the State of
Oklahoma on January 12, 1999. Appellant subsequently moved to
Louisiana and filed a claim for unemployment compensation in June

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1999 with the Louisiana Department of Labor. The Louisiana
Department of Labor determined that appellant was not entitled to
unemployment compensation benefits under Louisiana law and offered
to help her in filing a claim for benefits under the Oklahoma law.
Instead, appellant filed suit in the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Louisiana against the Louisiana
Department of Labor. The federal district court determined that it
did not have subject matter jurisdiction of this suit and dismissed
the suit without prejudice. Appellant appeals to this Court.
We have carefully reviewed the briefs, the record excerpts,
the reply brief, and relevant portions of the record itself. We
affirm the determination of the district court that the federal
district court did not have subject matter jurisdiction of this
case.
AFFIRMED.

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