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HARRIS v. BOYD TUNICA, INC.

No. 10-60452 Summary Calendar.

628 F.3d 237 (2010)

Ber'Neice HARRIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOYD TUNICA, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 20, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Bell , Bell & Associates, P.A., Jackson, MS, for Harris.

Peyton S. Irby, Jr. , Karen Gwinn Clay , Watkins, Ludlam, Winter & Stennis, P.A., Jackson, MS, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before WIENER, PRADO, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

PRADO, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Ber'Neice Harris appeals the district court's dismissal of her Title VII action for failure to timely file her complaint. Harris argues that the ninety-day filing period for her religious discrimination action should be equitably tolled because the delay was caused not by the plaintiff but by a clerical error made by her attorney's paralegal. We agree with the district court that equitable tolling does not apply to normal...

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