Fordjour
Fordjour v. Intel Corp.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Charles Fordjour appeals pro se the district court’s order dismissing his employment action seeking unpaid wages and benefits. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo. See *827 Wright v. Or. Metallurigical Corp., 360 F.3d 1090 , 1096 (9th Cir.2004). We affirm.
Fordjour was discharged from his employment with Intel on January 1, 1996. He filed the present action on May 7, 2002 and filed a charge of discrimination with the EEOC on May 20, 2002. As a consequence, the district court properly concluded that Fordjour’s Title VII claims were time-barred. See 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5 (mandating that a claim be filed within 180 days of the alleged discrimination or within 300 days if the claim is commenced with a local or state agency); Nat’l R.R. Passenger Corp. v. Morgan, 536 U.S. 101, 122 , 122 S.Ct. 2061 , 153 L.Ed.2d 106 (2002).
Fordjour’s Equal Pay Act claims are likewise time-barred, see 29 U.S.C. 255(a) (three-year statute of limitations), as are his wage claims, see 29 U.S.C. § 255 (a) (three-year limitations period for FLSA claims); Ariz.Rev.Stat. §§ 12-541(3) and (4) (one-year statute of limitations for state claims), and his…