Court Opinion

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        October 25, 1994        [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT                                 ____________________        No. 94-1805                                  EDUARDA C. AMARAL,                                Plaintiff, Appellant,                                          v.                         RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL TRUST, ET AL.,                                Defendants, Appellees.                                 ____________________                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND                [Hon. Raymond J. Pettine, Senior U.S. District Judge]                                          __________________________                                 ____________________                                        Before                                  Cyr, Circuit Judge,                                       _____________                            Bownes, Senior Circuit Judge,                                    ____________________                              and Stahl, Circuit Judge.                                         _____________                                 ____________________            Eduarda C. Amaral on brief pro se.            _________________            Joseph V. Cavanagh, Jr., Michael  DiBiase, Karen A. Pelczarski and            _______________________  ________________  ___________________        Blish & Cavanagh on brief for appellees.        ________________                                 ____________________                                 ____________________                 Per  Curiam.   Appellant Eduarda  C. Amaral  appeals the                 ___________            entry of summary judgment by the United States District Court            for the District of Rhode Island in favor of appellees, Rhode            Island Trust  National Bank and Christopher  Brodeur.  Amaral            claims to have suffered  discrimination in violation of Title            VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C.    2000e.  The            court  dismissed the  action  on the  ground that  Amaral had            failed to file  a timely discrimination charge with the Equal            Employment Opportunity Commission  [EEOC].  We have  reviewed            the record in this case, as well as  the parties' briefs, and            we affirm essentially  on the  same grounds  as those  relied            upon by the district court.                   In a  "deferral state" like  Rhode Island, see  Paulo v.                                                            ___  _____            Cooley,  Inc.,  686  F.  Supp.  377,  382  (D.R.I.  1988),  a            ____________            plaintiff alleging  discrimination in violation of  Title VII            must file  an administrative  complaint with the  EEOC within            240 days of the challenged conduct.  Mack v. Great Atlantic &                                                 ____    ________________            Pacific Tea Co.,  871 F.2d  179, 181  (1st Cir.  1989).   The            ______________            evidence in the instant case is uncontested that Amaral filed            a  sworn complaint with the EEOC, see 42 U.S.C.   2000e-5(b);                                              ___            29 C.F.R.    1601.9 (charge of discrimination must  be signed            and verified under  oath), only on September  25, 1992, which            was  291 days  after the  most recent  alleged discriminatory            conduct.                   Moreover, Amaral  has not presented  sufficient evidence            to  entitle  her  to  equitable tolling  of  the  limitations                                         -2-            period. See  Mack, 871 F.2d  at 185 (this court  "hew[s] to a                    ___  ____            'narrow  view'   of   equitable  exceptions   to  Title   VII            limitations periods").                   Affirmed.                 ________                                         -3-