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FARRIS v. SHINSEKI

No. 11-1080.

660 F.3d 557 (2011)

Donna Marie FARRIS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Eric K. SHINSEKI, Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 10, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Neil Young , with whom Benjamin K. Grant and Carol J. Garvan were on brief, for appellant.

Evan J. Roth , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Thomas E. Delahanty II , United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges, and SARIS, District Judge.

THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Donna Marie Farris ("Farris") challenges the district court's order granting summary judgment for her former employer, the Department of Veterans Affairs ("VA"). Finding no valid reason to apply an equitable exception, the district court dismissed Farris's disability discrimination complaint due to her concession that she failed to timely file a formal complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"). We find that...

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