Legal Opinion
Rodriguez-Machado v. Shinseki
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 21, 2012No. 12-1430PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Per curiam
This case provides an important reminder to lawyers and litigants alike: substantial “noncompliance” with important “appellate rules, in and of itself, constitutes sufficient cause to dismiss [an] appeal.” Reyes-García v. Rodríguez & Del Valle, Inc., 82 F.3d 11, 14-15 (1st Cir. 1996).
Plaintiff wants us to reverse a grant of summary judgment to her former employer in this suit for discrimination, retaliation, and hostile work environment under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA,” for short), see 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq., making a single, incredibly broad argument — that the…
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