Susan Roberts v. Ron Michaels, D/B/A Mid-South Vending

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Susan Roberts commenced this Title VII action against her former employer, Mid-south Vending, alleging that persistent sexual harassment by a co-worker had forced her to resign as a vending service route driver. Roberts named and personally served Ron Michaels, d/b/a Mid-South Vending, as the sole defendant. Michaels answered the complaint, waited four months, and moved for summary judgment on the ground that Roberts’s employer was Midsouth Food Vending Service, Inc., not Michaels. The district court denied her motion for leave to amend and dismissed the complaint without…