Corina Bass v. Joliet Public School District, No. 13-1742 (7th Cir. 2014)

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This opinion or order relates to an opinion or order originally issued on March 26, 2014.

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NONPRECEDENTIAL DISPOSITION To be cited only in accordance with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1 United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit Chicago, Illinois  60604 Decided April 11, 2014 Before DIANE P. WOOD, Chief Judge  JOEL M. FLAUM, Circuit Judge               JOHN DANIEL TINDER, Circuit Judge No. 13 1742 CORINA BASS, Plaintiff Appellant, Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. No. 11 C 8136 v. JOLIET PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 86, Defendant Appellee. John W. Darrah,  Judge. O R D E R On  March  26,  2014,  we  issued  our  opinion  affirming  the  district  court s  judgment dismissing appellant Corina Bass s challenge to a grant of summary judgment in favor of  the  defendant  Joliet  Public  School  District  No.  86.  We  found  so  little  merit  in  the arguments  that  Bass  raised  on  appeal  that  we  issued  an  order  to  show  cause  to  her No. 13-1742 2 attorney  pursuant  to  Federal  Rule  of  Appellate  Procedure  38.  In  that  order,  we  asked the attorney to explain why he should not be sanctioned for bringing a frivolous appeal. The attorney, Steven H. Jesser, filed a timely response to our order. In his response, he acknowledges that this case lay close to the line, but he states that he believed in good faith  that  his  client s  case  was  not  sanctionably  frivolous.  He  notes  in  this  connection that  his  review  of  the  record  indicated  that  she  was  treated  differently,  and  less favorably, than a comparable male employee of the district. Finally, he apologizes to the court for any miscalculation he may have made. We  are  satisfied  from  his  explanation  that  sanctions  would  be  inappropriate  in  this situation. We therefore DISCHARGE the rule to show cause and we instruct the Clerk of this  court  to  forward  a  copy  of  this  order  to  Illinois s  Attorney  Registration  and Disciplinary Commission, so that its file will contain a complete and accurate record of the disposition of the order in this court. 

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