Legal Opinion
O'Donnell v. Vencor Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 10, 2006No. 05-15687PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Per curiam
Pro se plaintiff-appellant Alice Faye O’Donnell (“O’Donnell”) appeals the district court’s dismissal of her employment discrimination claims as time-barred. O’Donnell asserts that the district court should have applied the doctrines of equitable tolling, equitable estoppel, or laches to excuse -her filing her second action after the statute of limitations had expired.
We review de novo whether a claim is barred by a statute of limitations. See Santa Maria v. Pac. Bell, 202 F.3d 1170, 1175 (9th Cir.2000). Because the facts here are undisputed, we review de novo whether to apply equitable…
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