No. 19-7584

Vina Yazzie v. Mohave County, Arizona, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-02-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process employment employment-discrimination equal-protection termination title-vii zero-tolerance
Key Terms:
DueProcess EmploymentDiscrimina
Latest Conference: 2020-03-20
Question Presented (from Petition)

- When was Ms. Yazzie hired into the Mohave County?
- What County Merit Rules were applied to Ms. Yazzie at the time of her termination? Zero tolerance.
- When did the Mohave County go to zero tolerances and why?
- What does zero tolerance mean?
- Is alcohol a drug?
- Is alcohol listed as a drug in the Mohave County Merit Rules?
- Were there other employees that tested and remain employed? Why? Where the evidences as to why?
- Who made the decision to keep positive testers employed?
- On oral argument day in Phoenix, Az. The employee who tested positive for alcohol. What day did this happen? How old was he?
- Why was he drug screen?
- After the positive results came back on this employee why did he remain employed?
- Did you say, Mohave County is on zero tolerances?
- Where in Mohave County Merit Rules does it state that it is not against Mohave County Merit Rules to consume alcohol? Where does it say it is ok to consume alcohol in your own home? Wheres the evidences.
- Does Mohave County follow and honor their own Merit Rules? County Administrator/ County Engineer M.P.H, P.E.
- Ms. Yazzie has ask at the product of request of all drug positive drug tester. Why did Mohave county withhold records and just mention the incident without evidences?
- What is the difference between Ms. Yazzie 's termination and C.B.'s counsel letter?
- Is there any other employees that tested positive in the time frame when Mohave County went to zero tolerances. 2002 started zero tolerance to 201 3 year?
- Why did anyone attend to the industrial accident report?
- What is the process of these industrial reports? It had to go through the main office.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

When was Ms. Yazzie hired into the Mohave County?

Docket Entries

2020-03-23
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2020.
2020-02-10
Waiver of right of respondent Mohave County, Arizona, et al. to respond filed.
2019-09-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 9, 2020)
2019-07-26
Application (19A116) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until September 29, 2019.
2019-07-24
Application (19A116) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 31, 2019 to September 29, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Mohave County, Arizona, et al.
Justin M. AckermanJones, Skelton & Hochuli, PLC, Respondent
Vina Yazzie
Vina Yazzie — Petitioner