Keach
Keach v. Henderson
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM *
John J. Reach appeals the district court’s dismissal of his Title VII retaliation and hostile work environment claims for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and the concurrent grant of summary judgment, in the alternative, to Henderson on Reach’s entire case. After examining the record, the briefs, the arguments, and the relevant authorities, we conclude that the district court’s result was proper, and we AFFIRM.
*860 1. Subject Matter Jurisdiction
In his original Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) complaint, Keach alleged only gender discrimination. Allegations not included in the administrative charge “may not be considered by a federal court unless the new claims are like or reasonably related to the allegations contained in the EEOC charge.” B.KB. v. Maui Police Dep’t, 276 F.3d 1091, 1100 (9th Cir.2002) (internal quotations omitted). Even given this circuit’s permissive approach to administrative exhaustion, Keach failed to satisfy this requirement with respect to his hostile work environment claim. On the EEO complaint form, he detailed only a specific incident he attributed to gender discrimination occurring on a single day, February 10, 1999. Furthermore,…