Legal Opinion
Betty Johnson v. William J. Henderson, U.S. Postmaster General
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 26, 2002No. 01-16994PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Betty Johnson (“Johnson”) sued her employer, the United States Postal Service (“USPS”), claiming that she and her coworkers were sexually harassed on the job. USPS moved for summary judgment on the ground that, inter alia, Johnson had failed to exhaust her administrative remedies before suing in federal court because she had failed to comply with two administrative filing deadlines. Johnson maintained that the doctrines of equitable tolling and equitable estoppel should be applied to excuse her late filings. The district court found…
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