No. 20-6790

Mona Mustafa v. Illinois Human Rights Commission, et al.

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2021-01-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: baseless-litigation civil-rights civil-rights-act discrimination harassment human-rights-act illinois-human-rights-act litigation-retaliation retaliation retaliatory-harassment title-vii
Latest Conference: 2021-03-05
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether commencing and continuing baseless litigation as retaliation for that individual having opposed unlawful discrimination is conduct that is sufficiently severe to constitute actionable retaliatory harassment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Illinois Human Rights Act, 775 ILCS 5/1-101 et seq.

2. Whether the Supreme Court will resolve a lack of uniformity in the application of the Corporate Disclosure Statement rules as required by Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 26.1 and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 7.1; and to define the effect of the rules on a court's exercise of jurisdiction and a corporate litigant's standing to litigate a cause of action.

3. Whether the Illinois Supreme Court erred in its denial of Mona Mustafa's Petition for Leave to Appeal as a Matter of Right pursuant to Illinois Supreme Court Rule 317.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether commencing and continuing baseless litigation as retaliation for an individual having opposed unlawful discrimination is conduct that is sufficiently severe to constitute actionable retaliatory harassment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Illinois Human Rights Act, 775 ILCS 5/1-101 et seq.

Docket Entries

2021-03-08
Petition DENIED.
2021-02-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/5/2021.
2021-01-12
Waiver of right of respondents IL Human Rights Comm'n., et al. to respond filed.
2020-12-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 8, 2021)

Attorneys

IL Human Rights Comm'n., et al.
Frank Henry BieszczatOffice of the Illinois Attorney General, Respondent
Mona Mustafa
Mona Mustafa — Petitioner