No. 25-5663

Brahim Boumakh v. Michelle C. Reid, Superintendent, Fairfax County Public Schools, et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-09-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-violations employment-discrimination jury-trial procedural-technicalities religious-accommodation
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a United States District Court judge may dismiss a
civil rights employment discrimination case on procedural
technicalities without granting:
A jury trial as requested under Rule 38,
A hearing on a motion to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP)
despite documented indigency and medical hardship,
Appointment of counsel,
and
A full hearing on religious accommodation, constitutional
violations (First and Fourteenth Amendments), and EEOC
findings — all in contravention of Caperton v. Massey,
Haines v. Kerner, and Henderson v. United States?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a United States District Court judge may dismiss a civil rights employment discrimination case on procedural technicalities without granting: A jury trial as requested under Rule 38, A hearing on a motion to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) despite documented indigency and medical hardship, Appointment of counsel, and A full hearing on religious accommodation, constitutional violations (First and Fourteenth Amendments), and EEOC findings — all in contravention of Caperton v. Massey, Haines v. Kerner, and Henderson v. United States?

Docket Entries

2026-02-23
Rehearing DENIED.
2026-01-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2025-12-05
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2025-11-24
Petition DENIED.
2025-11-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
2025-04-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 17, 2025)

Attorneys

Brahim Boumakh
Brahim Boumakh — Petitioner