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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND JACQUELIN MENDOZA RODRIGUEZ, Plaintiff v. SMITHFIELD PACKING CO., INC., Defendant * * * * * * * * * *

Case Number: RWT 06cv2811

MEMORANDUM OPINION On September 20, 2004, Plaintiff Rodriguez felt ill and left work early. All that she told her supervisors at Smithfield Packing Co., Inc. ("Smithfield") was that she was "sick" and that she was leaving for a previously scheduled doctor's appointment. She claims that she called Smithfield the next morning and left a message that she "couldn't go to work at the time being." Rodriguez then missed eight scheduled shifts without contacting her employer directly, asserting that she instead sent messages to her supervisors through co-workers informing them that she was "sick." On September 29, 2004, Smithfield terminated Rodriguez's employment. Rodriguez claims that she was wrongfully discharged by Smithfield, in violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA"), 29 U.S.C.

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