Raymond Rivera Marquez v. Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary of Transportation

ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Raymond Marquez, a 62-year-old man from Puerto Rico, was terminated because of poor performance after only seven months as an Aviation Safety Inspector for the Federal Aviation Administration. He sued the Department of Transportation (“DOT”) for age discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. § 633a(c), and for race and national origin discrimination under Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. The district court granted the DOT’S motion for summary judgment. Marquez filed a notice of appeal one day late, but successfully moved…