Gillard v. Board of Trustees of Community College District No. 508
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
The district court dismissed Lisa Gil-lard’s pro se employment-discrimination suit after concluding that she had acted in bad faith by walking out of her deposition. Gillard appeals but offers no argument why the court abused its discretion. We affirm the judgment.
Gillard taught English at Harold Washington College, but the school decided not to renew her contract in November 2007. As discovery progressed in Gillard’s suit against the governing Board of Trustees, the defendant’s counsel repeatedly tried to schedule Gillard’s deposition but found that she was difficult to pin down.…
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