Legal Opinion
Derrick B. Tartt v. Northwest Community Hospital and Northwest Suburban Anesthesiologists, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 6, 2006No. 04-3939PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Derrick Tartt filed two almost identical lawsuits, and the second one was dismissed by the district court for the sake of convenience. The remaining suit was dismissed for failure to state a claim and failure to prosecute. It was not timely appealed. Undaunted, Tartt continued litigating both actions. Due to ah oversight by the district court, this court reinstated the suit dismissed for convenience, and Tartt filed a new complaint on remand. But by that time res judicata had taken effect from the suit Tartt failed to timely appeal. The district court held, inter alia,…
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