Martin v. UT Health Center

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 97-41042 Summary Calendar BEVERLY ANN MARTIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, VERSUS UT HEALTH CENTER, Defendant-Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court For the Eastern District of Texas (6:97-CV-527) July 20, 1998 Before JOLLY, BENAVIDES, and PARKER, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* The Plaintiff, Beverly Ann Martin, sued the Defendant, UT Health Center, alleging sex discrimination in violation of Title VII. The district court granted the Defendant’s Motion for Dismissal because the Plaintiff did not file a timely charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), as required by 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(1). Title VII requires the aggrieved * Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4. party to file a complaint with the EEOC within three hundred days after the alleged unlawful employment practice occurred. See 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(1). The plaintiff failed to file a complaint with the EEOC within the three hundred day jurisdictional window. Consequently, the district did not err by ordering dismissal. AFFIRMED.