William E. Green v. Sheila E. Widnall, Secretary of the Air Force

57 F.3d 1077 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. William E. GREEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sheila E. WIDNALL, Secretary of the Air Force, Defendant-Appellee. No. 93-17145. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 13, 1995. Decided May 25, 1995. Before: TANG, SCHROEDER, and TROTT, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 William E. Green, an African-American civil service engineer at McClellan Air Force Base, appeals the district court's summary judgment in favor of the Secretary of the Air Force ("the government"). The district court ruled it had no subject matter jurisdiction over Green's Title VII race discrimination claims because Green failed to exhaust his administrative remedies. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 and we affirm. DISCUSSION 3 The existence of subject-matter jurisdiction under Title VII is a question of law reviewable de novo, as is the question of whether a federal employee has exhausted his…