Curtis L. Wrenn v. Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs and Clark C. Graninger, Director, Veterans Administration Medical Center

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

This appeal raises the question of whether an employment discrimination claimant who rejects an offer of full relief during administrative proceedings may continue to press his claims in a civil action. Plaintiff Curtis L. Wrenn appeals from Chief Judge McCurn's order granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment on the ground that Wrenn had refused an offer of full relief. Because permitting actions such as Wrenn’s would seriously undermine the statutory policy favoring the administrative resolution of employment discrimination complaints by means of “conciliation,…