United States First Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant is affirmed in a discrimination suit against a government employer where: 1) plaintiff's Title VII discrimination and hostile work environment claims were untimely since he did not submit an English translation of his administrative charge with the EEOC; 2) plaintiff did not exhaust his administrative remedies for his retaliation claim; and 3) plaintiff made no showing that he qualified as a whistleblower under Puerto Rico's whistleblower protection statute.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/01/2007
• Published 03/01/2007

Judges

• STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, STAHL and BALDOCK, Senior Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles S. Hey-Maestre with whom De Jesús, Hey & Vargas was on brief for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Susana I. Peñagaricano-Brown, Assistant Solicitor General, with whom Salvador J. Antonetti-Stutts, Solicitor General, Mariana Negrón-Vargas and Maite D. Oronoz-Rodríguez, Deputy Solicitors General, were on brief for appellees.