Legal Opinion
Peggy Pendell v. City of Peoria, Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 26, 2015No. 14-2158PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Per curiam
After Peggy Pendell failed to appear for two depositions in her civil-rights suit for unlawful search and seizure under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the district court dismissed her case as a sanction. Because the district court gave her adequate warnings and did not abuse its discretion in imposing the sanction, we affirm.
According to Pendell’s complaint, in November 2010, a city inspector illegally entered her yard. He used the information gleaned from that unauthorized inspection to swear out an affidavit used to obtain an administrative search warrant in December. Armed with the warrant, city…
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