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m a gistrate jud ge ’ s fa ctu a lfi n d i n gs . H ow ev er, th e d a te u sedbythe m a gistrate ju d g e to c a lc u la te w h e th e rh e rc la im s w e r e tim e -b a r r e dis n o t ad is p u te dfa c t. T h e onl y argu m en tshe rai ses i n res pon se t o h er cl ai m s bei n g t i m e- barred i s a p a ssingrefe r e n c e to th e L i l ly L ed b etter A ct of 20 0 9 (th e “A ct”)

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t hi s s e c t i o n, a n unl awf ule m pl o ym e ntpr ac t i ce occurs, w i th respect t o di scr i m i n ati on i n com pen sati on i n vi ol ati on of t h i s t i t l e, w h en a di scr i m i n ator y com pen sati on deci si on or ot h er practice i s adop t ed, w h en an i n d ivid u albecom es s u bj ectt o a di sc r i m i nat ory c om pensa t i on dec i si on o r other pra c t i c e, or w hen an i n divi du ali s af

fect ed byapp l i cat i on of a di scr i m i n ator y com pen sati on deci si on or ot h er p ract i ce, incl u di n g each t i m e w ages, ben ef i t s, or ot h er c om pen sati on i s pai d, res u l t i n g i n w h ol e or i n part f rom such a deci si on or ot h er pract i ce. 4 2 U .S .C . § 2 0 0 0 e -5 (e )(3 )(A). A s s u m in g , w it h o u td e c id i n g , t h a tth e A c tis a p p li c a b le to G a n h e a r t ’s
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