United States Ninth Circuit

District court erred in dismissing plaintiff's disability discrimination claim for failure to exhaust administrative remedies; he seeks de novo review of the disposition of his administrative complaint, not enforcement of the final order of the Department of Veterans Affairs granting him partial relief.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/05/2004
• Decided 05/11/2004
• Published 05/11/2004

Judges

• GONZALEZ, District Judge:, Before: McKEOWN, FISHER, Circuit Judges, and GONZALEZ, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David C. Force, Eugene, OR, for appellant David L. Farrell.


• For Appellees:
  
• James L. Sutherland, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eugene, OR, for appellee Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs.