No. 18-537

Booth James v. Montgomery Regional Airport Authority, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2018-10-24
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: administrative-remedies civil-procedure civil-procedure-rules civil-rights constitutional-rights discovery-violations employment-termination evidence-substitution fraud free-speech proximate-cause whistleblower-protection whistleblower-retaliation
Latest Conference: 2019-01-04
Question Presented (from Petition)

Could a reasonable jury have found that Mr. Perry retaliatory attitude toward Officer James for whistleblowing, to a government representative, the proximate cause for his decision to terminate Officer James employment?

Did Mr. Perry violate Civil Rules of Procedures 11 & 37 by willfully and intentionally introducing substitute evidence, (Montgomery Regional Airport Authority Employee Handbook / Lost and found Policy) into court records in place of the original (Montgomery Regional Airport Authority Employee Handbook / Lost and found Policy) evidence during discovery, which has an adverse impact on Officer James Constitutional rights?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a reasonable jury could have found that the petitioner's termination was in retaliation for whistleblowing

Docket Entries

2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-12-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-08-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 23, 2018)

Attorneys

Booth T. James
Booth T. James III — Petitioner