David L. Grant v. McDonnell Douglas Corporation

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• permitting federal equitable tolling of a state limitations period for federal claims in exceptional circumstances but finding none present
• “The limitations period begins to run when a Plaintiff receives a letter from the Union notifying her that it will pursue her claim no further.”
• the Court declines equitable tolling due to appellant’s schizoaffective disorder and generalized anxiety disorder because equitable tolling is reserved for “exceptional circumstances, such as institutionalization or adjudged mental incompetence”
• “We recognize that some courts have 6 allowed equitable tolling of the limitations period for other federal claims, but only in 7 exceptional circumstances, such as institutionalization or adjudged mental incompetence 8 of the litigant.” (emphasis added)

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