WILLIAMS v. ARMY AND AIR FORCE EXCHANGE SERVICE

No. 86-5772.

830 F.2d 27 (1987)

Lulu R. WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. ARMY AND AIR FORCE EXCHANGE SERVICE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided October 2, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kim A. Fellenz (argued), Kaplan, Steinberg & Fellenz, Neptune, N.J., for appellant.

Paul G. Shapiro (argued), Asst. U.S. Atty., U.S. Atty., D.N.J., Newark, N.J., for appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, BECKER and HUNTER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by a government employee, Lulu Williams, whose Title VII action was dismissed because she sued the wrong defendant, i.e., the agency by which she was employed instead of the agency head, and then failed to name or serve an appropriate substitute government defendant within the short (thirty day) statutory period. The appeal presents the question whether Williams may amend her complaint through...

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