Donaldson v. Tennessee Valley Authority

NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, provides that a federal employee may file a civil complaint in district court within thirty days of receipt of notice of “final action” by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16(c). As a matter of first impression in this Circuit, the present consolidated appeal requires us to determine which of several EEOC final decisions represented “final action” that would determine each appellant’s last opportunity to resort to district court. Within thirty days of receipt of notice…