the beginning of the sequence of events that led to this late filing, Alvarado’s attorney actively sought to move the case forward. He contacted the EEOC after two years of agency inaction and requested a right to sue letter. When the EEOC sent the error-laden notice the following day, Alvarado’s attorney’s office immediately contacted the EEOC by email to notify it of the missing signature and date. That desire to have an EEOC letter with all the t’s crossed and i’s dotted is a sign of diligence rather than dawdling. See id. (“We are more forgiving, though, when a claimant or her attorney has exercised due diligence in pursuing her rights.”). Then, when more than a week had passed without a corrected notice, Alvarado’s attorney again followed up with the EEOC by email. See id. at 713 (<HOLDING>). Of course, Alvarado would not be in this
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