Sister Michael Marie v. American Red Cross

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• noting that precedent often enumerates three tests, but more 7 recent Sixth Circuit cases include separate discussions on the entwinement test
• noting that this court has treated the “entwinement” and “nexus” tests as related
• noting that the public function test requires courts to conduct a historical analysis
• observing that “[t]he overarching inquiry . . . is whether the moving party was diligent” in attempting to meet the court’s deadlines (quoting Bentkowski v. Scene Magazine, 637 F.3d 689, 696 (6th Cir. 2011)
• explaining that “in evaluating this factor, the court ‘is not concerned with the length of the relationship, but rather, when hired, whether the relationship was one of a long-term at-will employee or one to complete a particular task in a specified time-frame’”
• finding no abuse of discretion in denying motion to conduct additional discovery when plaintiff “waited nearly nine months to submit their initial discovery requests, which were served only a few weeks before the discovery deadline”

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