---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 C.F.R. § 268.406"
title: "12"
number: "268.406"
heading: "Civil action: title VII, Age Discrimination in Employment Act and Rehabilitation Act."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/12/268.406"
---

# §268.406. Civil action: title VII, Age Discrimination in Employment Act and Rehabilitation Act.


A complainant who has filed an individual complaint, an agent who has filed a class complaint or a claimant who has filed a claim for individual relief pursuant to a class complaint is authorized under title VII, the ADEA and the Rehabilitation Act to file a civil action in an appropriate United States District Court:

- (a) Within 90 days of receipt of the final action on an individual or class complaint if no appeal has been filed;
- (b) After 180 days from the date of filing an individual or class complaint if an appeal has not been filed and final action has not been taken;
- (c) Within 90 days of receipt of the Commission's final decision on an appeal; or
- (d) After 180 days from the date of filing an appeal with the Commission if there has been no final decision by the Commission.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 244 and 248(i), (k) and (1).

### Source

Source: 68 FR 18085, Apr. 15, 2003, unless otherwise noted.