No. 19-5192

Brenda Massaquoi v. American Credit Acceptance

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-07-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: burden-of-proof civil-rights discrimination employment-law hostile-work-environment intentional-discrimination national-origin prima-facie-case retaliation title-vii
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity EmploymentDiscrimina
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

Is a plaintiffs prima facie case of discrimination because of race, national origin and retaliation, combined with sufficient evidence for a reasonable factfinder to reject the employer's nondiscriminatory explanation for its decision, adequate to sustain a finding of liability for intentional discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Is a plaintiff's prima farcie case of an employer creating and sustaining a hostile work environment combined with sufficient evidence for a reasonable factfinder to reject the employer's nondiscriminatory good faith explanation adequate to sustain a finding of liability for intentional discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Is a plaintiff's prima facie case of discrimination when an employer intentional uses unverified here say from a bias source with known racist tendencies combined with sufficient evidence for a reasonable factfinder to reject the employer's nondiscriminatory explanation for its decision, adequate to sustain a finding of liability for intentional discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is a plaintiff's prima facie case of discrimination because of race, national-origin and retaliation, combined with sufficient evidence for a reasonable factfinder to reject the employer's nondiscriminatory explanation for its decision, adequate to sustain a finding of liability for intentional discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-05-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 15, 2019)

Attorneys

Brenda Massaquoi
Brenda Massaquoi — Petitioner