No. 21-1421

Valerie Kline v. Kiran Ahuja, Director, Office of Personnel Management

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2022-05-04
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: appellate-circuit-split civil-rights employment-discrimination fruit-of-poisonous-tree mcdonnell-douglas pretext prima-facie unlawful-detail
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw Arbitration ERISA SocialSecurity DueProcess EmploymentDiscrimina JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2022-06-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether an unlawful detail into a position prior to officially filling it is relevant to raise an inference of pretext, when the prima facie stage under McDonnell Douglas drops out of the picture?

Whether experience obtained from an unlawful detail should be set aside as fruit of the poisonous tree?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an unlawful detail into a position prior to officially filling it is relevant to raise an inference of pretext, when the prima facie stage under McDonnell Douglas drops out of the picture?

Docket Entries

2022-06-13
Petition DENIED.
2022-05-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/9/2022.
2022-05-20
Waiver of right of respondent Ahuja, Karin to respond filed.
2022-05-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 3, 2022)

Attorneys

Ahuja, Karin
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Valerie Kline, J.D.
Theresa KraftWilt & Kraft, PLLC, Petitioner