Robert Miller v. Shayna Olesiuk

615 F. App'x 887

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: September 2, 2015
• Docket: 13-17137
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

MEMORANDUM ***

Robert Michael Miller appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing for failure to exhaust administrative remedies his action alleging various federal and state law claims in connection with his employment. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo, Vinieratos v. U.S., Dep’t of Air Force, 939 F.2d 762, 767-68 (9th Cir.1991), and we affirm.

The district court properly concluded that Title VII and the Rehabilitation Act (“RA”) were Miller’s exclusive remedies for claims of discrimination in federal employment. See Boyd v. U.S. Postal Serv., 752 F.2d 410, 413-14 (9th Cir.1985) (Title VII is the exclusive remedy for discrimination by the federal government on the basis of sex, and the RA is the exclusive remedy for discrimination by the federal government on the basis of disability); see also Brock v. United States, 64 F.3d 1421, 1424 (9th Cir.1995) (Title VII’s exclusivity regarding discrimination on the basis of sex also applies to discrimination on the basis of gender); Clemente v. United States, 766 F.2d 1358, 1364 n. 7 (9th Cir.1985) (“To the extent that plaintiffs Bivens claims are founded in actions proscribed by Title VII, they may not be maintained because Title VII provides the exclusive remedy.”).

The district court properly concluded that Miller failed to exhaust his administrative remedies on his Title VII and RA. claims because he failed'to complete the negotiated grievance procedure.. See Vinieratos, 939 F.2d at 767-68 (“Title VII spe cifically requires a federal employee to exhaust his administrative remedies as a precondition to filing suit.”); Boyd, 752 F.2d at 418-14 (the same requirement applies to RA claims); see also Vinieratos, 989 F.2d at 768 (a federal employee who is a union member and alleges employment discrimination must elect to pursue his claim under either a statutory procedure or a negotiated grievance procedure, but “he cannot pursue both avenues, and his election is irrevocable”).

Because Miller failed to exhaust, we do not consider Miller’s arguments regarding the merits of his claims.

We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued in the opening brief, or arguments and allegations raised for the first time on appeal. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n. 2 (9th Cir.2009) (per curiam).

Miller’s requests, set forth in his opening brief, are denied.

AFFIRMED.

*** This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.