Witcombe, McGeachin & Co. v. United States

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a retaliation claim failed because the EEOC charge had “nothing to do with his race, color, religion, sex or national origin”
• noting that defendant is prejudiced when it has to defend in court against charge that was never verified
• finding once a right to sue letter has issued, there is no longer a charge pending before the EEOC
• finding once a right to sue letter has issued, there is no longer a charge pending before the EEOC
• “that [plaintiff] had been accused of doing something— sexually harassing his co-workers—which he did not do” had “nothing to do with his race, color, religion, sex or 15 national origin”
• “An allegation that he was falsely accused of conduct which, if true, might have given rise to a claim of employment discrimination based on sex by someone else in no way states a cause of action that plaintiff himself was a victim of discrimination based on his sex.”

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