Peppers v. United States Department of the Army
Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Bettie J. Peppers, an employee of the United States Department of the Army, sued the Department and its secretary, Thomas E. White, Jr., alleging that she had been discriminated against on the basis of her sex and race in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The matter was referred to a magistrate judge for discovery poorposes. After Peppers violated three court orders to supply adequate answers to the government’s discov
Peppers’s appeal is frivolous for two reasons and must be dismissed. First, her brief violates Fed.R.Civ.P. 28(a)(9)(A) because Peppers has provided no coherent argument supported by relevant authority why the district court’s dismissal of her case is erroneous. The sum of her argument is that “I strongly disagree with the basis for which the District Court dismissed my complaint,” but her failure to provide any reason why the district court’s decision was erroneous dooms her appeal. See Anderson v. Hardman, 241 F.3d 544, 545 (7th Cir. 2001). Second, Peppers could not raise any challenge to the district judge’s decision to adopt the magistrate’s report because she did not object to it and has waived any arguments she may have. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Johnson v. Zema Sys. Corp., 170 F.3d 734, 739 (7th Cir. 1999).
Accordingly, we DISMISS Peppers’s appeal as frivolous.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Bettie J. PEPPERS v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY and Thomas E. White, Jr., Secretary of the Army
- Status
- Published