RUTH BLEDSOE, ON BEHALF OF HERSELF AND ALL PERSONS SIMILARLY SITUATED, APPELLANT,
v.
PILOT LIFE INSURANCE CO., INC., APPELLEE
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The court held that the plaintiff's sex discrimination claim was barred because her charge was not filed within the statutory 180-day period.
Plaintiff sued for sex discrimination after her employment was terminated. She failed to file a charge with the EEOC within 180 days of the alleged un…
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PER CURIAM:
Summary judgment was granted Pilot Life Insurance Co., appellee, in the sex discrimination suit instituted by Ruth Bledsoe, appellant, pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. This appeal followed.
Pilot Life terminated Ruth Bledsoe’s employment on October 31, 1974, but she failed to file a charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) until November 8, 1976. Under the requirements of the Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(e) (1972), such a charge “shall be filed within one hundred and eighty days after the alleged unlawful employment practice occurred . . . .” Accordingly, EEOC dismissed her claim as not timely lodged, and she commenced her present suit on July 12, 1977, in District Court.
In a finished memorandum, the trial judge looked both to the equities and to the law as written, and concluded that Ruth Bledsoe’s charge was barred by her delay in submitting it to the EEOC. Summary judgment on her suit has our approval, founded on the District Judge’s opinion. Ruth Bledsoe v. Pilot Life Ins. Co., 473 F.Supp. 864 (M.D.N.C. 1978).
Affirmed.