---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1614.409"
title: "29"
number: "1614.409"
heading: "Effect of filing a civil action."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1614.409"
---

# §1614.409. Effect of filing a civil action.


Filing a civil action under [§ 1614.407](/cfr/29/1614.407.md) or [§ 1614.408](/cfr/29/1614.408.md) shall terminate Commission processing of the appeal. A Commission decision on an appeal issued after a complainant files suit in district court will not be enforceable by the Commission. If private suit is filed subsequent to the filing of an appeal and prior to a final Commission decision, the complainant should notify the Commission in writing.


## Notes

### Amendments

[85 FR 35562, June 11, 2020]

### Authority

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 206(d), 633a, 791 and 794a; 42 U.S.C. 2000e-16, 2000ff-6(e), and 2000gg-2(e); E.O. 10577, 3 CFR, 1954-1958 Comp., p. 218; E.O. 11222, 3 CFR, 1964-1965 Comp., p. 306; E.O. 11478, 3 CFR, 1969 Comp., p. 133; E.O. 12106, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 263; Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1978, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 321.

### Source

Source: 57 FR 12646, Apr. 10, 1992, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[85 FR 35562, June 11, 2020]