Larken Alexander v. Chrysler Motors, No. 13-3022 (8th Cir. 2014)

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Court Description: Civil case - Employment discrimination. District court did not err in granting defendant's motion to dismiss based on plaintiff's failure to file a timely discrimination charge with the EEOC.

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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 13-3022 ___________________________ Larken Alexander, lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant, v. Chrysler Motors, lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellee. ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis ____________ Submitted: July 7, 2014 Filed: July 14, 2014 [Unpublished] ____________ Before BYE, COLLOTON, and BENTON, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Larken Alexander appeals the district court s1 dismissal of his complaint asserting employment-discrimination claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act 1 The Honorable Jean C. Hamilton, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri. of 1964 (Title VII) and the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) against his former employer, Chrysler Motors. Upon de novo review, we conclude that the district did not err in granting Chrysler s motion to dismiss Alexander s complaint, based on his failure to file a timely discrimination charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). See 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(1) (under Title VII, EEOC charge must be filed within 180 days of when alleged unlawful employment practice occurred; 300-day filing period applies if person initially instituted state or local agency proceedings); 42 U.S.C. § 12117(a) (§ 2000e-5 applies to ADA); Nat l R.R. Passenger Corp. v. Morgan, 536 U.S. 101, 109-110 (2002) (timely EEOC charge is mandatory). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ -2-

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