Sonja Watts-Means v. Prince George's Family Crisis Center, (Two Cases). Sonja Watts-Means v. Prince George's Family Crisis Center

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• holding that the statutory period begins to run at the time the letter became available to the plaintiff, not when the plaintiff actually picked it up from the post office
• concluding that delivery of notice from the Postal Service that a right-to-sue letter was ready for pickup triggered the filing period
• holding that equitable tolling was inappropriate where plaintiff had 85 days outside of the extraordinary circumstance to file his complaint
• concluding that there was no basis for equitable tolling because the plaintiff had eighty-five days from actual receipt to file a claim
• holding that equitable tolling was inappropriate where plaintiff had 85 days outside of the extraordinary circumstance to file his complaint
• holding that “receipt” of a right to sue letter occurred upon delivery of the right to sue letter to a post office box, not upon plaintiff's retrieval of the letter from the post office box

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