FISCHER v. CINGULAR WIRELESS, LLC

No. 05-3391.

446 F.3d 663 (2006)

Donna B. FISCHER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CINGULAR WIRELESS, LLC, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 1, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna B. Fischer, Libertyville, IL, pro se.

Jane M. McFetridge, Fisher & Phillips, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before BAUER, POSNER, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from the dismissal of a lawsuit because of the plaintiff's failure to prosecute it requires us to consider whether an explicit warning to the plaintiff must always precede such a dismissal.

On November 23, 2004, Donna Fischer filed a suit pro se against her former employer, Cingular, charging age and sex discrimination. The district judge dismissed the case without prejudice after Fischer failed to appear at the first two...

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