7th Circuit: Appeal Of Age Bias Suit Is Untimely Despite Court’s Extension

Mealey's (September 6, 2016, 1:33 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A notice of appeal filed by an employee in her age bias suit that occurred outside of the time limit granted by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(a)(5)(C), but within the extension granted by an Illinois federal judge, is untimely, a Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Aug. 31 (Charmaine Hamer v. Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago & Fannie Mae, No. 15-3764, 7th Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 16113)....