Stanfill

MEMORANDUM *

Appellant Jackie Stanfill appeals the district court’s grant of the Government’s *73 Motion to Dismiss and/or for Summary Judgment.

We review de novo a district court’s dismissal of a complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1), see Warren v. Fox Family Worldwide, Inc., 328 F.3d 1136, 1139 (9th Cir.2003), and grant of summary judgment. Strahan v. Kirkland, 287 F.3d 821, 825 (9th Cir.2002). We interpret the allegations with liberality. See Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41 , 78 S.Ct. 99 , 2 L.Ed.2d 80 (1957). We review the evidence in the light most favorable to the non-moving party. See Balint v. Carson City, 180 F.3d 1047, 1050 (9th Cir.1999) (en banc).

“In order to bring a claim under the Rehabilitation Act, a federal employee must exhaust available administrative remedies.” Cherosky v. Henderson, 330 F.3d 1243, 1245 (9th Cir.2003). Properly to commence exhaustion of administrative remedies under the Rehabilitation Act, federal employees must consult an EEO counselor within 45 days of the date of the discrimination or within 45 days of the effective date of a discriminatory personnel action. See 29 C.F.R. § 1614.105 (a); see…