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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
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The Honorable Ortrie D. Smith, United States District Judge for the Western

District of Missouri.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 09-3486

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Keith D. Robinson, *

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Appellant, * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the Western

v. * District of Missouri.

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Builders Choice Concrete Company, * [UNPUBLISHED]

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Appellee. *

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Submitted: May 7, 2010

Filed: May 10, 2010

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Before MELLOY, BOWMAN, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Keith Robinson appeals from the order of the District Court1

 dismissing his

Title VII complaint as untimely. Upon careful de novo review, see Thorn v.

Amalgamated Transit Union, 305 F.3d 826, 832 (8th Cir. 2002), we agree with the

District Court that Robinson’s complaint was untimely, see Williams v. Thomson

Corp., 383 F.3d 789, 790 (8th Cir. 2004) (per curiam) (noting that Title VII plaintiff

must file federal suit within ninety days of issuance of right-to-sue letter), cert. denied

544 U.S. 951 (2005). Further, equitable tolling was not warranted in this case. See

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Baldwin County Welcome Ctr. v. Brown, 466 U.S. 147, 151 (1984) (per curiam)

(holding that plaintiff “who fails to act diligently cannot invoke equitable principles

to excuse that lack of diligence”); Perry v. Sony Music, 462 F. Supp. 2d 518, 520

(S.D.N.Y. 2006) (holding that incarceration is not sufficient by itself to support

equitable tolling in Title VII suit); cf. Kreutzer v. Bowersox, 231 F.3d 460, 463 (8th

Cir. 2000) ("Equitable tolling is proper only when extraordinary circumstances

beyond a prisoner’s control make it impossible to file a [habeas corpus] petition on

time.").

Accordingly, we affirm.

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