Buntin v. City of Boston, No. 15-1667 (1st Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff’s late father was formerly employed as a mechanic by the City of Boston. Plaintiff brought this lawsuit on behalf of her father’s estate, alleging that the City and her father’s supervisors discriminated against her father on the basis of race and retaliated against him by terminating his employment. Plaintiff’s federal claims appeared to arise under 42 U.S.C. 1981 and 1983. The district court dismissed Plaintiff’s complaint, concluding that Plaintiff had not pled facts sufficient to support her section 1983 claim and had failed to timely exhaust the administrative prerequisites necessary to bring suit on her section 1981 claim. The First Circuit (1) affirmed the dismissal of the section 1983 claim, holding that this claim was properly dismissed pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6); but (2) reversed the dismissal of the section 1981 claim, holding that the district court erred by imposing an administrative exhaustion requirement where none exists.
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