Legal Opinion
Sheilar Smith v. OSF Healthcare System
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 13, 2019No. 18-3325PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hamilton, Circuit Judge.
The decisive issue in this appeal is whether the district court abused its discretion in granting summary judgment for defendants despite plaintiff's motion under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56(d) to postpone a summary judgment decision so that she could complete further discovery. District courts have considerable discretion in such case-management decisions, but that discretion is not unlimited. The record here shows, unfortunately, that the court's denial of plaintiff's Rule 56(d) motion was an abuse of that discretion. The summary judgment motion was filed long…
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