Legal Opinion
Frederique-Alexandre v. Department of Natural & Environmental Resources
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 1, 2007No. 06-1132PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge.
The outcome of this employment discrimination case hinges largely on two basic requirements of litigating a Title VII claim in federal court, timeliness and the submission of documents in the English language. We affirm the district court’s dismissal of plaintiffs Title VII discrimination and hostile work environment claims for failure to timely file within the statutory period. Plaintiff bases his assertion of timeliness on a document submitted to the court in the Spanish language, without an accompanying English translation, despite ample time and opportunity to…
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