Sambrano v. Mabus

EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

Cathleen Sambrano filed with the EEOC a charge accusing her employer, the Department of the Navy, of discriminating on account of race, sex, national origin, age, and disability. When the employer is a federal agency, the EEOC can resolve the grievance and not just mediate, its role for private employment. The EEOC found that Sambrano’s charge is unsupported. Federal employees are entitled to a de novo decision by a federal court, see Chandler v. Roudebush, 425 U.S. 840, 96 S.Ct. 1949, 48 L.Ed.2d 416 (1976), and Sambrano filed a complaint repeating the administrative…