No. 19-8888

Henry Oviedo v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2020-07-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights discrimination eeoc-guidelines employment-discrimination hiring national-origin protected-class protected-status qualifications reasonable-employer title-seven workplace-discrimination
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. IF A FACTFINDER CAN CONCLUDE THAT A REASONABLE EMPLOYER WOULD HAVE THE PROTECTED PLAINTIF TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER QUALIFY FOR THE JOB, BUT THIS EMPLOYER DID NOT. WHY DOES WMATA CONSCIOUSLY SELECTED LESS-QUALIFIED CANDIDATES? IS DISCRIMINATION PART OF THE PICTURE, AKA V WHC 156 F.3d 1284, 1290.

2. SHOULD THIS COURT GRANT DEFERENCE TO THE EEOC GUIDELINES ON ENGLISH-ONLY LANGUAGE RULES IN THE WORKPLACE, AND FIND LANGUAGE DISCRIMINATION FALL UNDER NATIONAL ORIGIN DISCRIMINATION, GARCIA V SPUN STEAK 998 F. 3d., MALDONADO V CITY OFALTUS, 443 F. 3d. 1294.

3. WMATA IN RETALIATION VIOLATED OVIEDO' S PROTECTED STATUS BY SENDING TO WORK IN A HIDEOUS MAINTENANCE BUILDING. ARE THE TERMS, CONDITIONS, OR PRIVILEGES OF EMPLOYMENT ' COVERED BY SECTION 703 (a)(1) LIMITED ONLY TO HIRING, FIRING, PROMOTION, COMPENSATION, AND LEAVE? BREAUX V CITY OF GARLAND, 205 F. 3d 150, 157, AND PETERSON V LINEAR CONTROL, INC. No. 18-1401.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a factfinder can conclude that a reasonable employer would have hired the protected plaintiff who was significantly better qualified, but this employer did not

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-22
Waiver of right of respondent Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to respond filed.
2020-06-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 3, 2020)

Attorneys

Henry Oviedo
Henry Oviedo — Petitioner
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
James Douglas CuthbertsonWashington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Respondent