Legal Opinion
Homero Lopez v. Citibank, N.A.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 12, 1987No. 86-1292PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
The question raised in this appeal is whether mental incapacity tolls the statute of limitations in an employment discrimination suit. The district court dismissed appellant’s ‘nationality discrimination’ claim, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a), because the appellant filed it eighteen months after being given notice that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had dismissed his charge. The relevant statute of limitations had expired fifteen months earlier. 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(f)(l). Appellant notes that the limitations statute, which is nonjurisdictional, may be tolled for…
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