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Last revision:  April 10, 1992
 
 §1614.403   How to appeal.                                             
  
     (a) The complainant, agent, grievant or individual class claimant 
 (hereinafter complainant) must file an appeal with the Director,      
 Office of Federal Operations, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,
 at P.O. Box 19848, Washington, DC 20036, or by personal delivery or   
 facsimile.  The complainant should use EEOC Form 573, Notice of       
 Appeal/Petition, and should indicate what he or she is appealing.     
     (b) The complainant shall furnish a copy of the appeal to the     
 agency's EEO Director (or whomever is designated by the agency in the 
 dismissal or decision) at the same time that he or she files the      
 appeal with the Commission.  In or attached to the appeal to the      
 Commission, the complainant must certify the date and method by which 
 service was made on the agency.                                       
     (c) If a complainant does not file an appeal within the time      
 limits of this subpart, the appeal will be untimely and shall be      
 dismissed by the Commission.                                          
     (d) Any statement or brief in support of the appeal must be       
 submitted to the Director, Office of Federal Operations, and to the   
 agency within 30 days of filing the appeal.  Following receipt of the 
 appeal and any brief in support of the appeal, the Director, Office of
 Federal Operation, will request the complaint file from the agency.   
 The agency must submit the complaint file and any agency statement or 
 brief in opposition to the appeal to the Director, Office of Federal  
 Operations, within 30 days of receipt of the Commission's request for 
 the complaint file, which has been made by certified mail.  A copy of 
 the agency's statement or brief must be served on the complainant at  
 the same time.