4th Circuit Finds 1st Administrative Complaint Starts Clock For Filing Suit

Mealey's (January 9, 2019, 2:06 PM EST) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A trial court erred when it ruled that a federal employee’s complaint under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Rehabilitation Act was filed too soon because the clock starts ticking after the filing of the initial charge and does not restart when amended charges are filed, a Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Jan. 8 (Fenyang Ajamu Stewart v. Andrei Iancu, No. 17-1815, 4th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 524)....