U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Styla Carter v. Hickory Healthcare Inc.
Panel
The judges who heard this appeal.
- Chief Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton
- Senior Judge David William McKeague
- Judge Raymond M. Kethledge
Case history
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Sept. 27, 2018decided Decision issued in Styla Carter v. Hickory Healthcare Inc.
Opinions and writings
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…