Opinion ID: 492644
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Pitt's Handling of Jackson's Grievance

Text: 21 Count II of Jackson's complaint alleges that Pitt, in processing Jackson's grievance, intentionally deviated from the provisions of its Staff Handbook, provisions that Pitt had previously represented as applying to all of its employees, and that this deviation itself was racially motivated, in violation of Title VII and Section 1981. See App. at 11. Appellees answer, inter alia, that Jackson, who held a nonclassified staff position at Pitt, is not covered by the handbook's grievance procedure for classified employees. On appellees' motion for summary judgment, the district court denied Jackson's claim, which it called a procedural due process claim, accepting instead appellees' argument that Jackson is not covered by the Staff Handbook procedure. 6 Jackson, No. 85-0264, mem. op. at 2 (W.D.Pa. June 11, 1986). 22 Jackson has not addressed this aspect of the district court's judgment in either of his briefs or in his oral argument to this Court. Accordingly, we conclude that it has not been appealed. See generally Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air v. Pennsylvania, 755 F.2d 38, 40 n. 2 (3d Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 819, 106 S.Ct. 67, 88 L.Ed.2d 54 (1985).