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cited Cited as authority (rule) Akker v. Torres Palacios
W.D. Wash. · 2024 · confidence medium
Bd., 799 F.2d 1421, 1422 (9th Cir. 1986) 10 (“[c]ases in this circuit hold that the naming of the proper defendant . . . is a jurisdictional 11 requirement.”).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Caetano v. Internal Revenue Service
E.D. Cal. · 2023 · confidence medium
Bd., 799 F.2d 1421, 1423 (9th Cir. 1 1986). 2 b.
cited Cited as authority (rule) Caetano v. Internal Revenue Service
E.D. Cal. · 2023 · confidence medium
Bd., 799 F.2d 1421, 1423 (9th Cir. 1986). 16 2.
cited Cited as authority (rule) Caetano v. Internal Revenue Service
E.D. Cal. · 2022 · confidence medium
Bd., 799 F.2d 1421, 1423 (9th Cir. 21 1986). 22 2.
cited Cited as authority (rule) Kalu v. Internal Revenue Service
D.D.C. · 2015 · confidence medium
Bd., 799 F.2d 1421, 1423 (9th Cir. 1986), and Crooker v. U.S. Secret Serv., 577 F. Supp. 1218, 1219-20 (D.D.C. 7 1983)).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Robert E. Moore, a Single Man v. The United Kingdom, a Foreign Government Kenneth Southall John Does, I-X
9th Cir. · 2004 · confidence medium
Bd., 799 F.2d 1421, 1423 (9th Cir.1986), overruled on other grounds by Irwin v. Dep’t of Veterans Affairs, 498 U.S. 89 , 111 S.Ct. 453 , 112 L.Ed.2d 435 (1990).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Johnson v. Commissioner
W.D. Wash. · 2002 · confidence medium
Protection Bd., 799 F.2d 1421, 1423 (9th Cir.1986)(overruled on other grounds by Capital Tracing, Inc. v. United States, 63 F.3d 859 (9th Cir.1995) and Williams-Scaife v. Department of Defense Dependent Schools, 925 F.2d 346 (9th Cir.1991)).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) McDONNELL v. UNITED STATES
3rd Cir. · 1993 · confidence medium
Sec. 552 (a)(4), (6)(A)(ii); seeDettman v. Department of Justice, 802 F.2d 1472, 1476-77 (D.C.Cir.1986) (FOIA lawsuit subject to dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction if plaintiff fails to timely exhaust administrative remedies); accordHymen v. Merit Systems Protection Bd., 799 F.2d 1421, 1423 (9th Cir.1986), cert. denied, 481 U.S. 1019 , 107 S.Ct. 1900 , 95 L.Ed.2d 506 (1987); Brumley v. Department of Labor, 767 F.2d 444, 445 (8th Cir.1985); see alsoOglesby v. Department of Army, 920 F.2d 57, 61-65 (D.C.Cir.1990). 30 We think a person whose name does not appear on a request for re…
cited Cited as authority (rule) Epps v. United States Department of Justice
D.D.C. · 1992 · confidence medium
Protection Bd., 799 F.2d 1421, 1423 (9th Cir.1986), cert. denied, 481 U.S. 1019 , 107 S.Ct. 1900 , 95 L.Ed.2d 506 (1987); see Dettmann v. Department of Justice, 802 F.2d 1472, 1477 (D.C.Cir.1986).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Lucius C. Drake v. Richard Cheney, Secretary of Defense
4th Cir. · 1992 · confidence medium
The court explicitly held that "[t]he naming of the proper defendant in a Title VII case is a jurisdictional requirement." In so holding, the court cited Hymen v. Merit Systems Protection Bd., 799 F.2d 1421, 1422 (9th Cir. 1986), and Cooper v. United States Postal Serv., 740 F.2d 714, 715-16 (9th Cir. 1984).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) 55 Fair empl.prac.cas. 119, 55 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 40,566 Georgia Williams-Scaife, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Department of Defense Dependent Schools Office of Dependent Schools Dept. Of Defense Lawrence Korg Robert Ferguson Chapman B. Cox
9th Cir. · 1991 · confidence medium
See, e.g., Lubniewski v. Lehman, 891 F.2d 216, 218-20 (9th Cir.1989); Johnston v. Horne, 875 F.2d 1415, 1418-19 (9th Cir.1989); Hymen v. Merit Systems Protection Board, 799 F.2d 1421, 1422 (9th Cir.1986), cert. denied, 481 U.S. 1019 , 107 S.Ct. 1900 , 95 L.Ed.2d 506 (1987); Koucky v. Department of Navy, 820 F.2d 300, 302 (9th Cir.1987); Lofton v. Heckler, 781 F.2d 1390, 1392 (9th Cir.1986) 5 By our action we imply no disagreement with the views expressed by the district court; its comments below were most judicious and thoughtful in every respect.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Williams-Scaife v. Department of Defense Dependent Schools
9th Cir. · 1991 · confidence medium
See, e.g., Lubniewski v. Lehman, 891 F.2d 216, 218-20 (9th Cir.1989); Johnston v. Horne, 875 F.2d 1415, 1418-19 (9th Cir.1989); Hymen v. Merit Systems Protection Board, 799 F.2d 1421, 1422 (9th Cir.1986), ce rt. denied, 481 U.S. 1019 , 107 S.Ct. 1900 , 95 L.Ed.2d 506 (1987); Koucky v. Department of Navy, 820 F.2d 300, 302 (9th Cir.1987); Lofton v. Heckler, 781 F.2d 1390, 1392 (9th Cir.1986). .
cited Cited as authority (rule) Samuel Jackson v. John O. Marsh, Jr.
9th Cir. · 1990 · confidence medium
Protection Bd., 799 F.2d 1421, 1422 (9th Cir.1986) (per curiam), cert. denied, 481 U.S. 1019 (1987).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Lydia Lubniewski v. John F. Lehman Jr., Secretary of the Navy
9th Cir. · 1989 · confidence medium
Protection Bd., 799 F.2d 1421, 1422 (9th Cir.1986) (naming proper defendant within the thirty-day period is a jurisdictional requirement under 5 U.S.C. § 7703 (b)(2) (1982) for bringing Title VII claims against the government initially brought before the Merit Systems Protection Board), cert. denied, 481 U.S. 1019 , 107 S.Ct. 1900 , 95 L.Ed.2d 506 (1987).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Shirley MAHONEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE; Postmaster General; Oakland Postmaster, Defendants-Appellees
9th Cir. · 1989 · confidence medium
Protection Bd., 799 F.2d 1421, 1422 (9th Cir.1986), cert. denied, 481 U.S. 1019 , 107 S.Ct. 1900 , 95 L.Ed.2d 506 (1987).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Roland Chandler v. Department of the Air Force
Fed. Cir. · 1989 · confidence medium
See Daniels v. United States Postal Service, 726 F.2d 723, 724 (Fed.Cir.1984); Hill v. Department of the Air Force, 796 F.2d 1469, 1471-72 (Fed.Cir.1986); Hymen v. Merit Systems Protection Board, 799 F.2d 1421, 1422 (9th Cir.1986).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Jerrald M. Johnson v. United States Postal Service (2×)
10th Cir. · 1989 · confidence medium
Protection Bd., 799 F.2d 1421, 1422 (9th Cir.1986), cert. denied, 481 U.S. 1019 , 107 S.Ct. 1900 , 95 L.Ed.2d 506 (1987).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Evelyn JORDAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William P. CLARK, Secretary of the Department of the Interior, Defendant-Appellee
9th Cir. · 1988 · confidence medium
Protection Bd., 799 F.2d 1421, 1422 (9th Cir.1986), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 107 S.Ct. 1900 , 95 L.Ed.2d 506 (1987).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Coleman v. United States Postal Service
M.D. Ga. · 1988 · confidence medium
Thus, such amendment would be precluded by Rule 15(c) as interpreted in Schiavone, 5 See Hymen v. Merit Systems Protection Board, 799 F.2d 1421, 1422 (9th Cir.1986) (proper defendant must receive actual notice of the action within the statutory period for the amendment to relate back to the initial filing, and therefore, district judge did not err in refusing to allow plaintiff to amend complaint to name the Postmaster General); 6 Gonzales v. Secretary of Air Force, 824 F.2d 392, 394-96 (5th Cir.1987).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Lubniewski v. Department of the Navy
N.D. Cal. · 1988 · confidence medium
Protection Bd., 799 F.2d 1421, 1422 (9th Cir.1986) (per curiam), cert. denied, — U.S. —, 107 S.Ct. 1900 , 95 L.Ed.2d 506 (1987).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Healy v. United States Postal Service
E.D.N.Y · 1987 · confidence medium
Cooper v. United States Postal Service, 740 F.2d 714, 716 (9th Cir.1984) cert. denied, 471 U.S. 1022 , 105 S.Ct. 2034 , 85 L.Ed.2d 316 (1985); Hymen v. Merit Systems Protection Bd., 799 F.2d 1421, 1422 (9th Cir.1986); McGuinness v. United States Postal Service, 744 F.2d 1318, 1322 (7th Cir.1984); Stewart v. United States Postal Service, 649 F.Supp. 1531, 1535-1536 (S.D.N.Y.1986).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Joe T. Gonzales v. Secretary of the Air Force and the Department of the Air Force, Defendants (2×)
5th Cir. · 1987 · confidence medium
Wright & A. Miller, Federal Practice and Procedure § 1498 (Supp.1986); see also, Romain v. Shear, 799 F.2d 1416, 1417-18 (9th Cir.1986) cert. denied, — U.S. -, 107 S.Ct. 2183 , 95 L.Ed.2d 840 (1987); Hymen v. Merits Systems Protection Board, 799 F.2d 1421, 1422 (9th Cir.1986) cert. denied, — U.S. -, 107 S.Ct. 1900 , 95 L.Ed.2d 506 (1987); Jarrell v. United States Postal Service, 753 F.2d 1088 (D.C.Cir.1985); Cooper v. United States Postal Service, 740 F.2d 714 (9th Cir.1984), cert. denied, 471 U.S. 1022 , 105 S.Ct. 2034 , 85 L.Ed.2d 316 (1985). .
discussed Cited "see" McDonnell v. United States
3rd Cir. · 1993 · signal: accord · confidence high
The requesting individual must appeal an adverse determination to the head of the agency before filing suit in federal court. 5 U.S.C.A. § 552 (a)(4), (6)(A)(ii); see Dettman v. Department of Justice, 802 F.2d 1472, 1476-77 (D.C.Cir.1986) (FOIA lawsuit subject to dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction if plaintiff fails to timely exhaust administrative remedies); accord Hymen v. Merit Systems Protection Bd., 799 F.2d 1421, 1423 (9th Cir.1986), cert. denied, 481 U.S. 1019 , 107 S.Ct. 1900 , 95 L.Ed.2d 506 (1987); Brumley v. Department of Labor, 767 F.2d 444, 445 (8th Cir.1985); see …
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Carver v. Casey
S.D. Fla. · 1987 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence medium
See, e.g., Hymen v. Merit Systems Protection Bd., 799 F.2d 1421, 1422 (9th Cir.1986) (applying Schiavone in pro se case), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 107 S.Ct. 1900 , 95 L.Ed.2d 506 (1987); Stewart v. United States Postal Service, 649 F.Supp. 1531, 1534-35 (S.D.N.Y.1986); see also Baldwin County Welcome Center v. Brown, 466 U.S. 147, 150 , 104 S.Ct. 1723, 1725 , 80 L.Ed.2d 196 (1984) (Title VII actions have no special status under Rules of Civil Procedure).
cited Cited "see, e.g." Larking v. Egger
D. Mass. · 1987 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., Hyman v. Merit Systems Protection Board, 9 Cir.1986, 799 F.2d 1421, 1422 . .
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Timothy
v.
HYMEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD, Defendant-Appellee
85-5738.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Sep 19, 1986.
799 F.2d 1421
Timothy V. Hymen, pro se., Ian Fan, U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., James A. Friedman, U.S. Postal Service, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee.
Schroeder, Hall, Browning.
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PER CURIAM.

Hymen appeals the dismissal by the district court of his discrimination claims brought pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 7703(b)(2). He also appeals the transfer of his nondiscrimination claims to the Federal Circuit and the dismissal of his Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) claims for failure to exhaust administrative remedies. We affirm all three actions of the district court.

Hymen’s discrimination claims were dismissed by the district court for lack of jurisdiction. Hymen filed his complaint within 30 days as required by 5 U.S.C. § 7703(b)(2), but the complaint did not name the Postmaster General as a defendant in the action as required by 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16(c). Cases in this circuit hold that the naming of the proper defendant within the 30-day period is a jurisdictional requirement. Lofton v. Heckler, 781 F.2d 1390, 1392 (9th Cir.1986); Cooper v. United States Postal Service, 740 F.2d 714, 716 (9th Cir.1984), cert. denied, 471 U.S. 1022, 105 S.Ct. 2034, 85 L.Ed.2d 316 (1985). We have also held that the requirement is satisfied where the pro se litigant attached as part of his complaint an administrative order which named the proper defendant. Rice v. Hamilton Air Force Base Commissary, 720 F.2d 1082, 1084-86 (9th Cir.1983). The papers which this appellant submitted with his complaint, however, did not name the Postmaster General.

The district judge did not err in refusing to allow Hymen to amend his complaint to name the Postmaster General because the attempt at amendment occurred well after the 30-day limitations period for bringing an action to review a decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board under 5 U.S.C. § 7703(b)(2). Under Fed.R.Civ.P. 15(c), the proper defendant must be provided actual notice of the action within the statutory limitations period in order for the amendment to relate back to the date of the initial filing. This notice requirement is to be strictly construed. Schiavone v. Fortune, — U.S. -, 106 S.Ct. 2379, 91 L.Ed.2d 18 (1986); Lofton, 781 F.2d at 1392.

Because the district court properly dismissed Hymen’s discrimination claims, it no[*1423] mination claims. 5 U.S.C. § 7703(b)(1). Ordering these claims transferred to the Federal Circuit was therefore appropriate. longer had jurisdiction over the nondiscri-

The FOIA requires that administrative appeals be exhausted before suit may be brought in federal court. 5 U.S.C. § 552(a). See United States v. United States District Court, 717 F.2d 478, 480 (9th Cir.1983). The Merit Systems Protection Board has issued regulations providing for such appeals. See 5 C.F.R. § 1204.21, but Hymen nonetheless failed to take this route. The district court thus properly dismissed the FOIA claims for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

Affirmed.