context: The district court properly granted summary judgment on plaintiffs' Title VII retaliation claims because plaintiffs failed to initiate contact with an Equal Employment Opportunity ("EEO") Counselor or any agency official logically connected with the EEO process within 45 days of becoming aware of the facts underlying their retaliation claims.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 572 F.3d 1039, 1044-46
citation_a.parenthetical: explaining that for a retaliation claim, plaintiff can comply with SS 1614.105(a)(1
citation_a.sentence: See 29 C.F.R. § 1614.105(a)(1) (“An aggrieved person must initiate contact with á Counselor within 45 days of the date of the matter alleged to be discriminatory[.]”); Lukovsky v. City & County of San Francisco, 535 F.3d 1044, 1051 (9th Cir. 2008) (Title VII claim accrues upon awareness of the actual injury and not when a plaintiff suspects a legal wrong); see also Kraus v. Presidio Trust Facilities Div./Residential Mgmt. Branch, 572 F.3d 1039, 1044-46 (9th Cir. 2009) (explaining that for a retaliation claim, plaintiff can comply with § 1614.105(a)(1) by initiating contact with “any agency official logically connected with the EEO process, even if that official is not an EEO Counselor, and by exhibiting an intent to begin the EEO process”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 535 F.3d 1044, 1051
citation_b.parenthetical: Title VII claim accrues upon awareness of the actual injury and not when a plaintiff suspects a legal wrong
citation_b.sentence: See 29 C.F.R. § 1614.105(a)(1) (“An aggrieved person must initiate contact with á Counselor within 45 days of the date of the matter alleged to be discriminatory[.]”); Lukovsky v. City & County of San Francisco, 535 F.3d 1044, 1051 (9th Cir. 2008) (Title VII claim accrues upon awareness of the actual injury and not when a plaintiff suspects a legal wrong); see also Kraus v. Presidio Trust Facilities Div./Residential Mgmt. Branch, 572 F.3d 1039, 1044-46 (9th Cir. 2009) (explaining that for a retaliation claim, plaintiff can comply with § 1614.105(a)(1) by initiating contact with “any agency official logically connected with the EEO process, even if that official is not an EEO Counselor, and by exhibiting an intent to begin the EEO process”).