United States Ninth Circuit

Dismissal of Title VII claims against defendant nonprofit religious organizations for sexual harassment and retaliation is affirmed where dismissal was proper since the Washington State Human Rights Commission did not have subject matter jurisdiction over plaintiff's charges and therefore a 180-day deadline applied for the required filing with the EEOC, and plaintiff failed to comply with that time limit.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/09/2006
• Decided 08/11/2006
• Published 08/11/2006

Judges

• THOMPSON, Senior Circuit Judge., Before DAVID R. THOMPSON, A. WALLACE TASHIMA, and CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kathleen Phair Barnard, Seattle, WA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Steven T. O'Ban, Seattle, WA, for defendant-appellee Grace Church Seattle., Laurie L. Johnston, Seattle, WA, for defendants-appellees Pacific Northwest Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in America and Presbyterian Church in America.