McArthur Ester v. Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs

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• holding that “strong policy considerations compel us toward [requiring requiring administrative process, including] the values of judicial economy, agency autonomy, accuracy, and the need for a well-developed record for review”
• noting that a federal employee who files an untimely administrative complaint has failed to exhaust administrative remedies and is generally barred from bringing an action in federal court
• discussing “strong policy considerations” underlying the rule that agency waives untimeliness defense by failing to address it at administrative level
• discussing “strong policy considerations” underlying the rule that agency waives untimeliness defense by failing to address it at administrative level
• “[W]hen an agency decides the merits of a complaint, without addressing the question of timeliness, it has waived a timeliness defense in a subsequent lawsuit.”
• “[W]hen an agency decides the merits of a complaint, without addressing the question of timeliness, it has waived a timeliness defense in a subsequent lawsuit.”

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