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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
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The Honorable Paul A. Magnuson, United States District Judge for the District

of Minnesota.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 03-3506

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Melvin Avery Warren, Sr., *

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Appellant, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the District

* of Minnesota.

Department of Veterans Affairs; *

Anthony J. Principi, Secretary * [UNPUBLISHED]

of Veterans Affairs, *

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Appellees. *

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Submitted: June 1, 2004

Filed: June 7, 2004

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Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, FAGG, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Melvin Avery Warren, Sr., a former employee of the Department of Veterans

Affairs (“VA”), brought an action claiming that the VA discriminated against him

when it fired him during his probationary period. Mr. Warren moved for entry of

default, and the VA moved for dismissal or summary judgment. The district court1

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held that Mr. Warren’s action was barred because he had not timely exhausted his

administrative remedies, and that he was not entitled to default judgment.

Mr. Warren appeals.

Having carefully reviewed the record and the parties’ briefs, we agree that

Mr. Warren’s complaint was time barred as he did not exhaust his administrative

remedies by timely pursuing his administrative complaint, see 29 C.F.R. §§ 1614.105,

1614.106; Jensen v. Henderson, 315 F.3d 854, 859 (8th Cir. 2002), and thus he was

not entitled to entry of default, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(e) (no judgment by default shall

be entered against United States agency unless claimant establishes claim or right to

relief by evidence satisfactory to court). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir.

R. 47B.

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