No. 24-1038

Sarsvatkumar Patel v. Long Island University

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2025-03-31
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: discrimination due-process fmla retaliation seventh-amendment title-vii
Latest Conference: 2025-05-22
Question Presented (from Petition)

In a Title VII and FMLA discrimination and retaliation case, does denying a jury trial to a plaintiff who knowingly and voluntarily chose trial over settlement violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause and the Seventh Amendment guarantee of a trial by jury?

Does Supreme Court's review remain necessary to resolve deep and significant circuit splits regarding the proper standards for enforcing settlements, where lower courts have inconsistently enforced alleged agreements without mutual assent, a written contract, material terms, review, execution, or revocation—contradicting contract law, due process, Supreme Court precedents, and federal uniformity?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

In a Title VII and FMLA discrimination and retaliation case, does denying a jury trial to a plaintiff who knowingly and voluntarily chose trial over settlement violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause and the Seventh Amendment guarantee of a trial by jury?

Docket Entries

2025-05-27
Petition DENIED.
2025-05-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/22/2025.
2025-04-28
Waiver of right of respondent Long Island University to respond filed.
2025-03-24

Attorneys

Long Island University
Stefanie TorenClifton Budd & DeMaria, LLP, Respondent
Sarsvatkumar Patel
Sarsvatkumar Patel — Petitioner