Harris v. Boyd Tunica, Inc.

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• affirming district court’s denial of equitable tolling based on the attorney’s assistant’s failure to record the correct filing deadline
• rejecting the application of equitable tolling where, though plaintiff “regularly checked with her lawyer on the progress of her case,” the attorney’s paralegal erroneously noted the filing deadline
• reviewing a determination that equitable tolling is not warranted for an abuse of discretion
• “[E]quitable tolling applies only in ‘rare and exceptional circumstances.’” (quoting Teemac v. Henderson, 298 F.3d 452, 456 (5th Cir. 2002))

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