No. 25-6605
Julian Francis Bates v. General Motors, LLC, dba GM
IFP
Tags: burden-shifting discovery-rules employee-resource-group employment-discrimination gender-bias summary-judgment
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Question Presented (from Petition)
Can a party fail to cooperate in discovery, disobey court rules, interrupt the McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green burden-shifting evidence approach and then be granted summary judgement?
Was a General Motors ' women 's only employee resource group an unlawful D.E.I. initiative, policy, program, or practice that involved General Motors taking a negative employment action motivated by Julian Bates ' gender or sex as a man?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a party can be granted summary judgment after failing to cooperate in discovery and disobeying court rules, and whether a women's employee resource group constitutes an unlawful employment action based on gender
Docket Entries
2025-08-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 17, 2026)
Attorneys
Julian Bates
Julian Francis Bates — Petitioner