Massingill v. Nicholson

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

The EEOC found that the Department of Veterans Affairs had discriminated against Geneva Massingill, awarding her damages, fees, and injunctive relief. Mas-singill later sued in federal district court. Reading her complaint as seeking a partial trial de novo on remedy, but not liability, and holding that her acceptance of partial payments constituted a request for such a partial trial or otherwise prevented suit, the district court concluded that Massingill could not ask for such a partial trial. We reverse and remand.

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Geneva Massingill was a Registered…