Legal Opinion
Blanca Ruiz v. Meagan Brennan
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 16, 2017No. 16-11061PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHEN A. HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant Blanca Ruiz filed an administrative complaint claiming disability discrimination by the United States Postal Service. After both the Postal Service and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) determined that her case was subsumed within a pending administrative class action, Ruiz sued the Postmaster General. The magistrate judge initially dismissed Ruiz’s case without prejudice for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, holding that Ruiz failed to exhaust her administrative remedies on the merits of her disability discrimination…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Manuel M. Fernandez-Montes v. Allied Pilots Association, Fred Vogel, and C.R. PatyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- Pacheco v. MinetaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2006
- Lane v. HalliburtonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2008
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