Case: Disability Discrimination/Exhaustion Of Remedies (S.D. Tex.)

A Texas federal district court granted summary judgment to the United States Postal Service on disability discrimination claims under the Rehabilitation Act, retaliation claims under the Rehabilitation Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, and hostile work environment claims brought by a veteran employee with post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, and chronic physical impairments, ruling that he failed to exhaust administrative remedies by missing the 45-day EEO filing deadline by nine days, and that equitable tolling didn’t apply because his medical issues, family caregiving responsibilities, and technical filing difficulties didn’t constitute the “rare and exceptional circumstances” required. ...