context: Our case law and that of our sister circuits have treated attachments to an EEO complaint as part of the complaint itself and a basis for articulating claims.
citation_a.signal: cf.
citation_a.parenthetical: holding that plaintiffs filing with the EEOC constituted a formal charge because the plaintiff attached a statement to the filed intake questionnaire that included a request for the agency to act
citation_a.sentence: See Brooks v. District Hosp. Partners, 606 F.3d 800, 808 (D.C. Cir. 2010) (individuals included in a list attached to a complaint were included within the complainant’s reference to similarly situated individuals); accord Asebedo v. Kansas State Univ., 559 Fed.Appx. 668, 672 (10th Cir. 2014) (holding plaintiff exhausted discrimination claim because he had raised it in an attached narrative); Agolli v. Office Depot, Inc., 548 Fed.Appx. 871, 876 (4th Cir. 2013) (holding plaintiff exhausted administrative remedies based on additional sheets attached to EEO complaint); Fantini v. Salem State Coll., 557 F.3d 22, 27 (1st Cir. 2009) (holding plaintiff had exhausted sex discrimination claim because, inter alia, she had identified an instance of disparate treatment in an attachment to her EEO complaint); Dixon v. Ashcroft, 392 F.3d 212, 217-218 (6th Cir. 2004) (holding plaintiff had exhausted claim because his attachment to his EEO complaint set forth sufficient factual details); cf. Federal Express Corp. v. Holowecki, 552 U.S. 389, 405-406, 128 S.Ct. 1147, 170 L.Ed.2d 10 (2008) (holding that plaintiffs filing with the EEOC constituted a formal charge because the plaintiff attached a statement to the filed intake questionnaire that included a request for the agency to act).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 606 F.3d 800, 808
citation_b.parenthetical: individuals included in a list attached to a complaint were included within the complainant's reference to similarly situated individuals
citation_b.sentence: See Brooks v. District Hosp. Partners, 606 F.3d 800, 808 (D.C. Cir. 2010) (individuals included in a list attached to a complaint were included within the complainant’s reference to similarly situated individuals); accord Asebedo v. Kansas State Univ., 559 Fed.Appx. 668, 672 (10th Cir. 2014) (holding plaintiff exhausted discrimination claim because he had raised it in an attached narrative); Agolli v. Office Depot, Inc., 548 Fed.Appx. 871, 876 (4th Cir. 2013) (holding plaintiff exhausted administrative remedies based on additional sheets attached to EEO complaint); Fantini v. Salem State Coll., 557 F.3d 22, 27 (1st Cir. 2009) (holding plaintiff had exhausted sex discrimination claim because, inter alia, she had identified an instance of disparate treatment in an attachment to her EEO complaint); Dixon v. Ashcroft, 392 F.3d 212, 217-218 (6th Cir. 2004) (holding plaintiff had exhausted claim because his attachment to his EEO complaint set forth sufficient factual details); cf. Federal Express Corp. v. Holowecki, 552 U.S. 389, 405-406, 128 S.Ct. 1147, 170 L.Ed.2d 10 (2008) (holding that plaintiffs filing with the EEOC constituted a formal charge because the plaintiff attached a statement to the filed intake questionnaire that included a request for the agency to act).