Patrick Takeuchi v. John McHugh

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JAN 30 2017 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT PATRICK TAKEUCHI, No. 15-17205 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 1:14-cv-00299-JMS-KSC v. MEMORANDUM** JOHN M. MCHUGH, Secretary of the Army*, Defendant-Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii J. Michael Seabright, Chief Judge, Presiding Submitted January 18, 2017*** Before: TROTT, TASHIMA, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges. Patrick Takeuchi appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his Title VII action. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We * Eric Fanning is substituted for his predecessor, John M. McHugh, as Secretary of the Army under Fed. R. App. P. 43(c)(2). ** This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. *** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). review de novo. Vinieratos v. U.S. Dep’t of Air Force Through Aldridge, 939 F.2d 762, 767-68 (9th Cir. 1991). We affirm. The district court properly dismissed Takeuchi’s Title VII action because Takeuchi failed to exhaust his administrative remedies. See id. at 772 (“The law requires an aggrieved federal employee to elect one exclusive administrative remedy and to exhaust whatever remedy he chooses.”). We do not consider claims raised for the first time on appeal. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009). AFFIRMED. 2 15-17205