U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2015

Tifarah McDaniel v. Leon Panetta

Tifarah McDaniel v. Leon Panetta
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided August 4, 2015 · Bea, Canby, Murguia
611 F. App'x 451

Tifarah McDaniel v. Leon Panetta

Opinion

MEMORANDUM ***

Tifarah C. McDaniel appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment in her action alleging civil rights violations and employment discrimination in connection with her . federal employment. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). Hebbe v. Pliler, 627 F.3d 338, *452 341 (9th Cir. 2010). We vacate and remand.

The district court properly treated McDaniel’s claims as Title VII claims because Title VII “provides the exclusive judicial remedy for claims of discrimination in federal employment.” Brown v. Gen. Servs. Admin., 425 U.S. 820, 835, 96 S.Ct. 1961, 48 L.Ed.2d 402 (1976).

The district court dismissed McDaniel’s Title VII claims as untimely without the benefit of our recent decision in Escobedo v. Applebees, 787 F.3d 1226 (9th Cir. 2015). We therefore remand for the district court to consider Escobedo in determining whether McDaniel timely filed her complaint before the ninety-day limitations period expired.

Each party shall bear its own costs on appeal.

VACATED and REMANDED.

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

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