Case Name: Geraldine PARKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert A. McDONALD, Secretary of Department of Veterans Affairs, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-03-24
Citations: 645 F. App'x 595
Docket Number: No. 14-55135
Parties: Geraldine PARKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert A. McDONALD , Secretary of Department of Veterans Affairs, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, LEAVY, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 645
Pages: 595–596

Head Matter:
Geraldine PARKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert A. McDONALD , Secretary of Department of Veterans Affairs, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 14-55135.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 15, 2016.
Filed March 24, 2016.
Geraldine Parker, Panorama City, CA, pro se.
Deborah En-Qi Yim, Assistant U.S., USLA-Office of The U.S. Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before: GOODWIN, LEAVY, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
Robert A. McDonald has been substituted for his predecessor, Eric K. Shinseki, as Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, under Fed. R.App. P. 43(c)(2).
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Geraldine Parker appeals pro se from the district court's order dismissing her employment action alleging violations of Title VII and the Rehabilitation Act. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. Vinieratos v. United States, 939 F.2d 762, 768 (9th Cir.1991). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Parker's action because Parker failed to allege facts showing that she complied with the administrative exhaustion requirement of timely initiating contact with an Equal Employment Opportunity ("EEO") counselor. See Kraus v. Presidio Trust Facilities Div./Residential Mgmt. Branch 572 F.3d 1039, 1043 (9th Cir.2009) (federal employee must initiate contact with an EEO counselor within forty-five days of alleged wrongful act, and failure to do so is fatal to a federal employee's claim in federal court absent waiver, estoppel or equitable tolling). Contrary to Parker's contention, Parker did not exhaust the claims in this action, which arose in 2012 and 2013, by filing an EEO complaint in 2011.
Because we affirm the district court's dismissal on the basis of failure to exhaust, we do not consider Parker's arguments regarding the merits of her claims.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.