Pendell v. City of Peoria

Dist. Ct. did not err in dismissing plaintiff’s section 1983 action as sanction for plaintiff’s failure to attend her own deposition on two occasions. Dist. Ct. had warned plaintiff after she missed first deposition that he would dismiss her case if she missed second deposition, and plaintiff thereafter missed second deposition. Moreover, Dist. Ct. could properly reject plaintiff’s contention that she was unaware of second deposition, where her own attorney had emailed her details of said deposition, and where plaintiff left note at her attorney’s office indicating that she was aware of date of second deposition.