No. 19-5517

Eric Alan Sanders v. Lowe's Home Centers, LLC

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-08-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: ada civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act-of-1964 eeoc eeoc-charge pleading-amendment pleadings right-to-sue rule-15 rule-15(d) title-vii
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity EmploymentDiscrimina
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether an aggrieved person, under Title VII or the ADA, can amend a complaint under Rule 15; or supplement his/her complaint under Rule 15(d), after the deadline for amending pleadings has passed, to set out additional discrete discriminatory acts by a Defendant already proceeded against in a suit, after: (1) filing a timely EEOC Charge based on the discreet acts: (2) and timely moving to amend the complaint within 90 days of receiving a right-to-sue letter from the EEOC.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an aggrieved person can amend a complaint under Rule 15 or supplement a complaint under Rule 15(d) after the deadline for amending pleadings has passed to set out additional discrete discriminatory acts

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED. Justice Breyer took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2019-08-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-08-14
Waiver of right of respondent Lowe's Home Centers, LLC to respond filed.
2019-06-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 9, 2019)

Attorneys

Eric Alan Sanders
Eric Alan Sanders — Petitioner
Lowe's Home Centers, LLC
William Grayson LambertBurr & Forman LLP, Respondent