McInnis v. Duncan

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that plaintiff “never explained his first absence or asserted that he had good cause for missing that hearing”
• noting that plaintiff “never explained his first absence or asserted that he had good cause for missing that hearing”
• noting that federal employees must bring whistleblower claims first to the Office of Special Counsel
• noting that “judges do not abuse their discretion by declining to employ progressive discipline”
• upholding dismissal for failure to prosecute suit that had been ongoing for only a few months and was still in the pre-answer stage
• dismissal is appropriate sanction for repeated failure to attend hearings where plaintiff has been warned of the possibility of dismissal

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Kevin Sroga v. Ronald Huberman
  Seventh Circuit· 2013-07-10· cited 68×
• Nelson v. Schultz
  Seventh Circuit· 2017-12-21· cited 38×
• Cedric Dupree v. Marcus Hardy
  Seventh Circuit· 2017-06-13· cited 26×
• Hart v. Amazon.com, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 2016-06-13· cited 17×
• Malekpour v. Chao
  Seventh Circuit· 2017-03-29· cited 8×
• Jenkins v. Miles
  Seventh Circuit· 2014-02-13· cited 6×
• Alexander v. Caraustar Industries, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 2013-03-19· cited 6×
• Dukes v. Cox
  Seventh Circuit· 2016-09-22· cited 3×
• Malone v. Securitas Security Services USA, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2016-10-27· cited 3×
• Yongping Zhou v. Belanger
  Seventh Circuit· 2013-06-27· cited 1×
• Lasisi v. Follett Higher Education Group, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2015-01-06· cited 1×
• In re Downs
  Seventh Circuit· 2015-09-23· cited 1×
• Schindler v. Renaissance Hotel Management Co.
  Seventh Circuit· 2016-05-06· cited 1×
• Kowalski v. Cook County Sheriff's Dep't.
  Seventh Circuit· 2016-10-18· cited 1×
• Kenneth Nelson v. Bruce Schultz
  Seventh Circuit· 2017-12-21
• Wesley v. Castro
  Seventh Circuit· 2016-04-14

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Anthony Johnson v. Richard Kamminga, G. Brown, Lieutenant Dave Conover
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-09-30· cited 798×
• Bobby J. Anderson v. Alfred Hardman
  Seventh Circuit· 2001-02-23· cited 695×
• Mark A. Ball v. City of Chicago and Alfred S. Schultz, Individually and as Agent of the City of Chicago
  Seventh Circuit· 1993-09-16· cited 265×
• Gregory C. Jones, for the Estate of Barbara S. McEwen v. Sandra Lee Phipps, A/K/A Sandra R. Phipps
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-11-02· cited 250×
• Johnny McClendon Jr. v. Indiana Sugars, Incorporated
  Seventh Circuit· 1997-03-12· cited 188×
• Kasalo v. Harris & Harris, Ltd.
  Seventh Circuit· 2011-08-26· cited 143×
• Charles Kruger v. Kenneth S. Apfel
  Seventh Circuit· 2000-05-10· cited 119×
• Andrew B. Schilling v. Walworth County Park & Planning Commission
  Seventh Circuit· 1986-11-05· cited 109×
• Donna B. Fischer v. Cingular Wireless, LLC
  Seventh Circuit· 2006-05-01· cited 88×
• Downs v. Westphal
  Seventh Circuit· 1996-03-22· cited 84×
• In re Bluestein & Co.
  Seventh Circuit· 1995-10-26· cited 68×
• Gabriel v. Hamlin
  Seventh Circuit· 2008-02-01· cited 53×
• Nestor Del Carmen v. Emerson Electric Company, Commercial Cam Division
  Seventh Circuit· 1990-08-16· cited 46×
• Kenneth Oliver v. Richard B. Gramley, Warden
  Seventh Circuit· 1999-12-29· cited 30×
• Schmidt v. Campanella Sand & Gravel Co.
  Seventh Circuit· 2002-10-29· cited 12×
• Alston v. Deutsch Borse, AG
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-11-04· cited 7×
• Swarm v. Siemens Business Communications System, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2001-05-21· cited 5×
• Malone v. Foster Wheeler Constructors, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2001-10-17· cited 5×
• Dax v. American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2001-05-18· cited 4×