PEREZ-TOLENTINO v. IANCU

No. 19-1432.

983 F.3d 66 (2020)

Juan C. PEREZ-TOLENTINO, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Andrei IANCU, Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office; United States Patent and Trademark Office, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

December 21, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juan A. Vélez-Méndez , Humacao, PR, on brief for appellant.

W. Stephen Muldrow , United States Attorney; Mariana E. Bauzá-Almonte , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division; and Antonio L. Perez-Alonso , Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.

Before Lynch, Lipez, and Barron, Circuit Judges.


Appellant Juan C. Perez-Tolentino ("Perez") challenges the dismissal of his disability discrimination suit against the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") and its director. The district court held that the action could not proceed because Perez waived his discrimination claim in a settlement agreement that allowed...

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