Petitioner To High Court: 7th Circuit Erred Finding Age Bias Appeal Was Untimely

Mealey's (June 6, 2017, 2:57 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(5)(C) is a nonjurisdictional claim-processing rule that can be waived or forfeited, and so it does not bar an appeal filed by an employee suing for discrimination, the employee argues in her May 15 petitioner brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court (Charmaine Hamer v. Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, et al., No. 16-658, U.S. Sup.)....