Opinion ID: 2995305
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Heading: Failure to Name Defendant in EEOC

Text: Charge In accordance with Title VII, Olsen filed a complaint with his state Equal Rights Division and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. However, he failed to name Marshall & Ilsley, Mid- State Bank’s parent, as a defendant in these proceedings. Olsen’s failure to name Marshall & Ilsley in his EEOC charge is fatal. Under the law of this circuit, a parent organization not named in the plaintiff’s EEOC charge must be dismissed from the suit unless the plaintiff can show that the parent had notice of the claim against it, as opposed to its subsidiary, and had an opportunity to conciliate on its own behalf. Schnellbaecher v. Baskin Clothing Co., 887 F.2d 124, 127 (7th Cir. 1989). Olsen has not shown that Marshall & Ilsley had adequate notice or an opportunity to conciliate on its own behalf. He has shown only that Marshall & Ilsley had notice of the claim against Mid-State and participated in the administrative proceedings on Mid-State’s behalf, and his self-serving allegations to the contrary are insufficient to create a genuine issue of material fact. See Basith v. Cook County, 241 F.3d 919, 928 (7th Cir. 2001). The district court’s grant of summary judgment, dismissing Marshall & Ilsley was proper.