Legal Opinion
Rene Ynclan Ynclan v. Department of the Air Force
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 23, 1991No. 89-5522PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
René Ynclan appeals the district court’s dismissal, with prejudice, of his Title VII suit against his former employer, the Air Force. The district court found that it was without jurisdiction over Ynclan’s complaint, since he had failed to name and serve the proper defendant within the thirty-day period from receipt of his EEOC right-to-sue letter, as provided in 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16(c). During the pendency of this appeal, this circuit’s interpretation of the nature of the thirty-day period has been overturned by a Supreme Court decision. Since the district court’s…
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