Opinion ID: 3000829
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Text: obfuscation, a perverse result. Failure to provide fair notice should not normally warrant a dismissal with prejudice. See Redfield v. Cont’l Cas. Corp., 818 F.2d 596, 609-10 (7th Cir. 1987). Rule 8(a)(2) does not seek detail that a plaintiff cannot provide, so a plaintiff should be able to re-plead successfully. But the EEOC has not argued that the district court should have permitted a second amended complaint,4 so we need 4 We have no way of knowing why the EEOC did not request further repleading, but one cannot help wondering whether the EEOC has any theory on which it hopes to succeed at trial other than the rejected “favoring the paramour” claim. The EEOC has done nothing to explain why, if it has reason to believe there were other bases for retaliation, it left those bases out of its original complaint. Under these circumstances, one can understand why Concentra angrily accuses the EEOC of “hid[ing] the ball” and playing a “shell game.” (Br. of Def.-Appellee at 6.) If the (continued...) No. 06-3436 17 not address that issue. We need only affirm.