Allen Johnson v. Trudy H. Peterson, Archivist, National Archives and Records Administration

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON.

KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Allen Johnson and James Henry Parker appeal the district court’s dismissal of their lawsuit for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. Because Johnson and Parker failed to first take their claims to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) after an arbitrator, acting under a negotiated grievance procedure, ruled against them, we affirm the district court.

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Johnson and Parker are employees at the National Archives and Records Administration (National Archives). In September…