No. 23A777

Marlean A. Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-02-26
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Experienced Counsel
Tags: background-circumstances circuit-split employment-discrimination majority-group statutory-interpretation title-vii
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity DueProcess EmploymentDiscrimina Privacy
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Title VII permits courts to impose a heightened evidentiary burden on majority-group plaintiffs alleging employment discrimination by requiring them to demonstrate 'background circumstances' not explicitly mandated by the statute's text

Docket Entries

2024-02-26
Application (23A777) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until March 18, 2024.
2024-02-22
Application (23A777) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 3, 2024 to March 18, 2024, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

Marlean A. Ames
Xiao WangUniversity of Virginia School of Law, Petitioner