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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000 Job Discrimination (Race)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

NORTHERN DIVISION

SHARON HARRIS,

Plaintiff,

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STATE OF ALABAMA 

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, 

SERVICE DIVISION,

Defendant.

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CASE NO. 2:15-CV-129-WKW

ORDER

On March 2, 2015, the Magistrate Judge filed a Recommendation in this case. 

(Doc. # 7.) On March 12, 2015, Plaintiff Sharon Harris filed an Objection. (Doc. # 

10.) The court has conducted an independent and de novo review of those portions 

of the Recommendation to which objection is made. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b).

In her objection, Ms. Harris asserts that the Magistrate Judge erred when she 

determined that Ms. Harris failed to file her EEOC charge of discrimination within 

180 days of the last alleged discriminatory act of her employer and that Ms. Harris 

did not establish a basis for the equitable tolling of the 180-day deadline. As grounds 

for her Objection, Ms. Harris outlines the time period during which she filed internal 

complaints with the State Finance Director’s office and notes that she was 

undergoing a third back surgery during that period of her employment. The

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additional information provided by Ms. Harris, however, is insufficient to cure the 

complaint’s deficiencies as cited and elaborated upon in the Recommendation, 

namely that Ms. Harris failed to file her charge with the EEOC within 180 days from 

the last act of alleged discrimination. 

Accordingly, it is ORDERED as follows:

1. Ms. Harris’s Objection (Doc. # 10) is OVERRULED. 

2. The Recommendation (Doc. # 7) is ADOPTED.

3. Ms. Harris’s claim alleging a violation of Title VII is DISMISSED with 

prejudice pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) due to Ms. Harris’s failure to file 

a timely charge of discrimination with the EEOC.

An appropriate final judgment will be entered separately. 

DONE this 16th day of March, 2015. 

 /s/ W. Keith Watkins 

CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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