598 F. Supp. 2d 71 - Melson v. Salazar’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
1 district ·
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 701 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Conley v. Gibson · Brown v. General Services Administration · Kowal v. MCI Communications Corp. · Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. St. Francis Xavier Parochial School
Most-quoted passages
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“First, Plaintiff should have been on notice that an investigation of his claims would not continue where the ALJ interpreted his request as “withdraw[ing] his complaint from the administrative EEO process,” and not simply withdrawing his complaint before the ALJ.... 11/29/06 Dismissal Order[ ]. Second, the ALJ’s use of the phrase “dismiss[ed] with prejudice” should have also provided Plaintiff with notice that an investigation into his dismissed claims would not continue. Id.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Melson v. Salazar
How this case has been treated — in progress
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