No. 19-717

Michael J. Sands v. Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-12-06
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process employment employment-discrimination equal-protection medical-diagnosis medical-fraud mental-health postal-service termination
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2020-01-17
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Did the United States Postal Service violate
my Constitutional Rights when the Postal Service
chose my mental diagnosis (difference of Medical Opin
ion between my psychiatrist and their contract psychi
atrist) and then forced me to take anti-psychotic
medication(s) and receive treatment for a mental con
dition that I do not have as a condition of my further
employment with the Postal Service, denying me my
due process and equality under law, which resulted in
the sole reas on of my termination and loss of my home?

2. Does this Court find that making false and
purposeful misleading statements to a Psychiatrist to
be a form of Medical Fraud, when those statements are
used by the Psychiatrist to diagnose a person with a
mental disability?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the United States Postal Service violate my Constitutional Rights when the Postal Service chose my mental diagnosis (difference of Medical Opinion between my psychiatrist and their contract psychiatrist) and then forced me to take anti-psychotic medication(s) and receive treatment for a mental condition that I do not have as a condition of my further employment with the Postal Service, denying me my due process and equality under law, which resulted in the sole reason of my termination and loss of my home?

Docket Entries

2020-01-21
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2020.
2019-12-23
Waiver of right of respondent Brennan, Megan to respond filed.
2019-09-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 6, 2020)

Attorneys

Brennan, Megan
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Michael Sands
Michael J. Sands — Petitioner