The Seventh Circuit held that the lawsuit was time-barred because: (1) it was filed more than two years after date of last event constituting alleged FMLA violation; and (2) the limitations period began on dates that defendant denied plaintiff's requests for leave and classified said requests as unauthorized absences, as opposed to date of her termination.
The Seventh Circuit further held that the Plaintiff could not use the continuing violation doctrine to render her complaint timely as denials of contested leaves of absences constituted discrete alleged violations of FMLA.