Legal Opinion
Karen A. Cooper v. U.S. Postal Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 12, 1984No. 83-6106PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge:
Cooper appeals from the dismissal with prejudice of her Title VII complaint. The district court also denied Cooper’s motion to amend her complaint and name the proper defendant. The dismissal was based upon a lack of jurisdiction because Cooper failed to file an action naming the proper defendant within the period provided by 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16(c). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and affirm.
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Cooper is a female employee of the United States Postal Service (USPS). On December 1, 1980, she filed a complaint with USPS’s Department of Equal Opportunity,…
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