No. 23-837

Casey Campbell v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-02-05
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response WaivedRelisted (2)
Tags: de-novo-review federal-employee first-amendment judicial-admissions qualified-immunity religious-discrimination title-vii workplace
Latest Conference: 2024-06-06 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Are employer statements on religious dis crimination that are included in the complaint and
admitted in the answer binding judicial admissions in
the de novo review of a federal employee's Title VII
religious discrimination claim?
2. Is a Final Agency Decision that was not vacated
competent evidence in the de novo review of a federal
employee's Title VII religious discrimination/hostile
work environment claim?
3. As "[t]he loss of First Amendment freedoms,
for even minimal periods of time, unquestionably
constitutes irreparable injury" and as "[Title VII] gives
[religious practices] favored treatment", can discrimi nation or harassment of a federal employee based on
religion be considered "the ordinary tribulations of
the workplace"?
4. Was the law prohibiting religious discrimination
in the workplace clearly established in 2013 to preclude
qualified immunity as a defense to a claim for dam ages under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act?
5. Is qualified immunity a defense to a claim for
equitable relief under Title VII or under the Religious
Freedom Restoration Act?
6. Is a sanction that abridges substantive rights
for a non -willful violation of a local rule proper under
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 83(a)(2).

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Are employer statements on religious discrimination binding judicial admissions in a Title VII de novo review?

Docket Entries

2024-06-10
Rehearing DENIED.
2024-05-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2024.
2024-05-10
2024-04-15
Petition DENIED.
2024-04-01
Waiver of right of respondent William Onuh, in his personal capacity to respond filed.
2024-03-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024.
2024-03-06
Waiver of right of respondent Garland, Att'y Gen., et al. to respond filed.
2024-01-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 6, 2024)

Attorneys

Casey Campbell
Thomas Boyd CowartWasoff & Cowart, PLLC, Petitioner
Garland, Att'y Gen., et al., et al.
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
William Onuh, in his personal capacity
Debra S. EdmondsonThe Edmondson Law Firm, PLLC, Respondent