No. 19-5116

Tasheena V. Stewart v. Dartmouth Hitchcock Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2019-07-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights due-process employee-protection employment employment-discrimination human-resources-liability institutional-accountability retaliation title-vii wrongful-termination
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether employees can be protected when an institution can formulate a false narrative for violation of company policy, even when the employee is proven positive and productive based on that institution's evaluation of employee merit and company standard?

Whether employees' civil rights can be protected under Title VII, when institutions are not being held accountable for violations or acts that violate those protections?

Whether an institution is liable for an employee that has authority or power over other employees and violates the civil rights of those employees under them?

Whether an employee can provide proof of Title VII, violations when these offenses mainly occur unseen and limited resources are available?

Whether Human Resources can provide real assistance to a wronged employee under Title VII, where the Human Resources representative is employed by the very institution that an employee made need protection from?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether employees can be protected when an institution can formulate a false narrative for violation of company policy, even when the employee is proven positive and productive based on that institution's evaluation of employee merit and company standard?

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-19
Waiver of right of respondent Dartmouth Hitchcock Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital to respond filed.
2019-07-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 8, 2019)
2019-05-06
Application (18A1144) granted by Justice Breyer extending the time to file until July 8, 2019.
2019-05-02
Application (18A1144) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 8, 2019 to July 7, 2019, submitted to Justice Breyer.

Attorneys

Dartmouth Hitchcock Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital
William D. PandolphSulloway & Hollis, P.L.L.C., Respondent
Tasheena V. Stewart
Tasheena Stewart — Petitioner