Bolinsky v. Carter MacHinery Co., Inc.

OPINION AND ORDER

JONES, District Judge.

The question in this case is whether the plaintiffs charge of discrimination, filed with the EEOC, was sufficient to exhaust his state administrative remedies pursuant to a worksharing agreement between the EEOC and the state fair employment practices agency, even though the plaintiff did not specifically request that the state agency consider the charge and did not specifically cite a violation of state law. Based on a plain reading of the workshar-ing agreement, I hold that the state waived investigation of the plaintiffs charge and thus there was…