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Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 15-1549 CLARK PHILOGENE, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. IA2, INC., Defendant - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. T. S. Ellis, III, Senior District Judge. (1:15-cv-00180-TSE-IDD) Submitted: September 17, 2015 Decided: October 2, 2015 Before NIEMEYER and THACKER, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Clark
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 15-1549 CLARK PHILOGENE, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. IA2, INC., Defendant - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. T. S. Ellis, III, Senior District Judge. (1:15-cv-00180-TSE-IDD) Submitted: September 17, 2015 Decided: October 2, 2015 Before NIEMEYER and THACKER, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Clark P..
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 15-1549
CLARK PHILOGENE,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
IA2, INC.,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria. T. S. Ellis, III, Senior
District Judge. (1:15-cv-00180-TSE-IDD)
Submitted: September 17, 2015 Decided: October 2, 2015
Before NIEMEYER and THACKER, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Clark Philogene, Appellant Pro Se. Joon Hwang, Elizabeth Anne
Lalik, LITTLER MENDELSON PC, McLean, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Clark Philogene appeals the district court’s order
dismissing with prejudice Philogene’s civil complaint in which
he asserted employment discrimination claims. The district
court found that it lacked subject-matter jurisdiction over the
complaint, because Philogene “failed to file a charge of
discrimination as required by 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e)(1) within
the statutory period,” and failed to establish grounds for
equitably tolling the applicable 300-day period for filing such
a charge. See Philogene v. IA2, Inc., No. 1:15-cv-00180-TSE-
IDD, slip op. at 2-3 (E.D. Va. Apr. 24, 2015).
We have previously observed that the “failure to timely
file an EEOC charge . . . does not deprive the district court of
subject matter jurisdiction.” See Hentosh v. Old Dominion
Univ.,
767 F.3d 413, 417 (4th Cir. 2014). But we may affirm on
any ground apparent in the record. See United States ex rel.
Drakeford v. Tuomey,
792 F.3d 364, 375 (4th Cir. 2015). And,
after review, we agree that each act of alleged discrimination
set forth in the complaint took place more than 300 days before
Philogene filed his EEOC charge. Accordingly, Philogene’s
claims are time-barred, see Agolli v. Office Depot, Inc., 548 F.
App’x 871, 875 (4th Cir. 2013), and we affirm the district
court’s order on that basis. We dispense with oral argument
because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented
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in the materials before this court and argument would not aid
the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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