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  • Sept. 27, 2018
    decided Decision issued in Styla Carter v. Hickory Healthcare Inc.

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Opinion By Jeffrey S. Sutton Sept. 27, 2018

SUTTON, Circuit Judge. After Hickory Healthcare fired Styla Carter from her job as a nursing assistant, she sued the company for discrimination. The district court ruled that she had filed her lawsuit too late and could not proceed. It then sanctioned her lawyer, Edward Gilbert, because he had advanced a claim that was clearly time barred. Because the district court did not abuse its di…

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