United States First Circuit

Where plaintiffs failed to file charges of discrimination with the EEOC before bringing suit, the district court's dismissal should have been without prejudice to any later Title VII action brought by the plaintiffs on properly exhausted claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/14/2003
• Published 08/14/2003

Judges

• LYNCH, Circuit Judge., Before LYNCH, LIPEZ, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Benito Gutierrez Diaz was on brief, for plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jason M. Branciforte and Margarita D. Santos were on brief, for defendants-appellees MVM, Inc. et al., Miguel A. Fernandez, Assistant United States Attorney, H.S. Garcia, United States Attorney, and Fidel A. Sevillano del Rio, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for defendant-appellee U.S. Marshal Service and defendants U.S. Department of Justice and César Torres.