| 25-978 |
Adrianna Kondilis, et al. v. City of Chicago, Illinois |
Seventh Circuit |
2026-02-18 |
Pending |
|
discovery due-process first-amendment pretext religious-discrimination title-vii |
1. Whether the First, Second, Third, and Tenth Circuits are correct that courts must permit discovery when public employees allege the government's st… |
| 25A570 |
Hien Thi Nguyen v. John Phelan, Secretary of the Navy |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-11-14 |
Application |
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agency-action employment-discrimination pretext protected-activity retaliation title-vii |
Question not identified. |
| 24-1237 |
Hans Goerz v. Troy E. Meink, Secretary of the Air Force |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-06-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights-act discovery pretext retaliation summary-judgment title-vii |
1. Whether the District Judge may dismiss the
complaint on summary judgment without requiring answer
from the respondent, without authorizing discover… |
| 24-7284 |
Charles L. Burgett v. Scott Bessent, Secretary of the Treasury |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-05-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
employment-discrimination pretext prima-facie-case standard-of-review summary-judgment title-vii |
Whether the lower courts applied the correct summary judgment standard of review for prima facie and for pretext in assessing a case of employment dis… |
| 24A838 |
Phillip Frazier v. American Airlines, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-03-03 |
Presumed Complete |
|
age-discrimination fair-employment-and-housing-act pretext prima-facie-case reduction-in-force summary-judgment |
Question not identified. |
| 24-546 |
Karin Weng v. Julie A. Su, Acting Secretary of Labor |
District of Columbia |
2024-11-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
comparator-evidence disciplinary-charges due-process employment-discrimination pretext summary-judgment |
This petition presents three questions pertaining to an employment discrimination plaintiff's evidentiary burden in summary judgment proceedings to pr… |
| 23-1347 |
Fang Zeng v. Mingan Chen, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-06-26 |
Denied |
|
burden-shifting civil-procedure civil-procedure
23-1346" default-judgment default-judgments due-process employment-discrimination foreign-defendant foreign-defendants Is the McDonnell Douglas framework applicable to m mixed-motive personal-jurisdiction pretext service-of-process substituted-service summary-judgment title-vii |
In these federal cases Plaintiffs could not locate
Defendant in California for personal service of process,
because at all times Defendant was a res… |
| 23-1346 |
The Golub Corporation v. Elaine Bart |
Second Circuit |
2024-06-26 |
Denied |
|
burden-of-proof burden-shifting employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas mixed-motive pretext summary-judgment title-vii |
1. Is the McDonnell Douglas framework applicable to mixed motive discrimination cases, and if so, how are the three stages of that framework to be for… |
| 23-1301 |
Ben Brinkmann, et al. v. Town of Southold, New York |
Second Circuit |
2024-06-13 |
Denied |
Amici (5)Relisted (3) |
bad-faith bad-faith-taking constitutional-protection pretext property-rights public-use section-1983 state-federal-split takings-clause |
The Second Circuit, in a 2-1 decision over a dissent by Judge Menashi, held that the Public Use Clause does not prohibit taking property when the asse… |
| 23A837 |
Centura Health Corporation, a Colorado Non-Profit Corporation, et al. v. Barbara Morris, M.D. |
Colorado |
2024-03-12 |
Presumed Complete |
|
church-autonomy declaratory-judgment employment-termination first-amendment pretext religious-organization |
(1) Under the church-autonomy doctrine, can a jury determine whether a doctor violated her employer's policies, where the doctor's underlying conduct … |
| 23-6528 |
Charles L. Burgett v. Martin J. O'Malley, Commissioner of Social Security |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-01-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
42-usc-2000e civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination pretext prima-facie prima-facie-case summary-judgment title-vii |
1. Whether the Court of Appeals applied the correct summary judgment standard on prima facie and on pretext in assessing a case of employment discrimi… |
| 23-6448 |
Stephen Dudley Brunson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment arrest drug-interdiction fourth-amendment inevitable-discovery law-enforcement pretext probable-cause search-and-seizure traffic-stop |
Texas DPS Troopers stopped Stephen Brunson because his license plate was expired. They had planned, due to a tip they received, to ask for consent to … |
| 22-7185 |
Brandon Scott Donaldson v. Tennessee |
Tennessee |
2023-04-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky but-for-cause civil-rights fair-cross-section jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strike pretext race-neutral race-neutral-explanation systematic-underrepresentation |
1. The State used a peremptory challenge on the first Black juror in the jury box. When required to articulate his reasons for the strike, the prosecu… |
| 22-917 |
Nayonn Gray v. Autozoners, LLC, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2023-03-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-usc-1981 civil-rights contract contract-services discriminatory-intent material-fact pretext racial-discrimination section-1981 summary-judgment |
Whether summary judgment should be granted when there are genuine issues of material fact as to whether a defendant's refusal to provide services requ… |
| 22-713 |
Shannon Gladden v. The Procter & Gamble Distributing, LLC |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-01-31 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bostock bostock-interpretation but-for but-for-causation circuit-split civil-rights employment-discrimination evidence-evaluation motivating-factor pretext pretext-analysis |
1) Does the but-for reasoning referenced in Bostock apply to McDonnell Douglas pretext analysis?: In the decision below, the Eleventh Circuit appears … |
| 22-649 |
Jacinta Downing v. Abbott Laboratories, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2023-01-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence civil-rights discrimination employment employment-discrimination judicial-interpretation pretext seventh-circuit |
Whether the Seventh Circuit defeated the fundamental holding of this Court's decision in Costa when it affirmed the district court's refusal to allow … |
| 22-6412 |
Nicholas Conlan v. Costco Wholesale Corporation |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-12-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
americans-with-disabilities-act disability-accommodation employment-discrimination interactive-process jury-trial pretext reasonable-accommodation service-animal service-dog workplace-accommodation |
Did Costco violate the Americans with Disabilities Amendment Act by terminating the interactive process with ambiguities they had and not directly eng… |
| 22-5944 |
Charles L. Burgett v. Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-10-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
42-usc-2000e employment-discrimination pretext prima-facie summary-judgment title-vii |
1. Whether the Court of Appeals applied the correct summary judgment standard on prima facie and on pretext in assessing a case of employment discrimi… |
| 22-211 |
Kelly Vandenberg v. University of Saint Thomas, aka University of St. Thomas (Houston) |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-09-08 |
Denied |
|
burden-of-proof civil-procedure employment-discrimination pretext pretext-standard prima-facie-case reeves-v-sanderson rule-50 rule-56 summary-judgment |
1. Do the exceptions in Reeves apply under Rule 56 identically as they do under Rule 50 when the Court prohibits judges from weighing evidence and det… |
| 22-66 |
Keith Kreszowski v. FCA US, LLC, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2022-07-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
americans-with-disabilities-act causal-connection disability-discrimination disability-perception job-relatedness medical-exam medical-examination pretext pretext-standard retaliation-claim summary-judgment |
This case involves a consideration of issues involving claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act ("ADAAA"). The extent and abili… |
| 21-1421 |
Valerie Kline v. Kiran Ahuja, Director, Office of Personnel Management |
District of Columbia |
2022-05-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-circuit-split civil-rights employment-discrimination fruit-of-poisonous-tree mcdonnell-douglas pretext prima-facie unlawful-detail |
Whether an unlawful detail into a position prior to officially filling it is relevant to raise an inference of pretext, when the prima facie stage und… |
| 21-1112 |
Sonya Gorbea v. Verizon New York, Inc. |
Second Circuit |
2022-02-11 |
Denied |
|
ada constructive-termination employment-discrimination job-abandonment pretext ptsd reasonable-accommodation reasonable-accommodations title-vii |
1. How can Verizon dereliction of duty and reckless disregard for the necessary medical treatment be acceptable under the ADA/Title VII in much as not… |
| 21-647 |
Janet Perdue v. Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-11-02 |
Denied |
|
ada-accommodation ada-reasonable-accommodation disability-discrimination job-sharing neutral-work-rule pretext reasonable-accommodation summary-judgment us-airways-v-barnett work-rule |
1. The Panel held that a neutral company work rule
requiring "managerial approval" before a job-share
position is even created trumps the ADA's provis… |
| 21-5433 |
Alex White v. California |
California |
2021-08-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights fourth-amendment law-enforcement mistake-of-law pretext pretext-stop reasonable-mistake traffic-stop vehicle-code vehicle-equipment |
1. Where police officers admitted that their equipment violation stop of the vehicle in which petitioner was a passenger was a pretext to conduct gang… |
| 21-138 |
Luz González-Bermúdez v. Abbott Laboratories P.R. Inc., et al. |
First Circuit |
2021-08-02 |
Denied |
|
adverse-employment-action age-discrimination comparator-evidence employer-defense employment employment-discrimination jury-inference jury-verdict pretext retaliation retaliation-claim |
A jury returned a verdict for petitioner on her age discrimination and retaliation claims. The district court upheld the verdict, finding that a reaso… |
| 20-8379 |
Anthony Donell Johnson v. Rowan Helping Ministries |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-06-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights district-court due-process employment evidence-review job-performance performance-evaluation pretext summary-judgment termination workplace-dispute |
Question not identified. |
| 20-1431 |
Charmell Brown v. Alex Jones, Acting Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-04-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
batson-framework batson-v-kentucky jury-selection peremptory-strike pretext prima-facie-case prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination |
Whether, at Batson's first step and in the absence of any explanation from the prosecutor, a court may rely on factors apparent in the record to expla… |
| 20-1214 |
Fred J. Eychaner v. City of Chicago, Illinois |
Illinois |
2021-03-03 |
Denied |
Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) |
blight due-process eminent-domain future-blight kelo-precedent kelo-v-city-of-new-london pretext property-rights public-use public-use-clause takings takings-clause |
1. Is the possibility of futwre blight a permissible basis for a government to take property in an unblighted area and give it to a private party for … |
| 20-7289 |
Bobby Campbell, Jr. v. Bottling Group, LLC |
Second Circuit |
2021-03-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
7th-amendment civil-rights comparator-analysis employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas pretext seventh-amendment similarly-situated summary-judgment title-vii |
1. Does the 7th Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibit courts from measuring degrees of similarity to grant summary judgment on the fact… |
| 20-808 |
Johnny Duane Miles v. California |
California |
2020-12-15 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
batson-challenge batson-claim comparative-juror-analysis death-penalty jury-selection peremptory-challenges pretext prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination |
During jury selection for Johnny Duane Miles's capital murder trial, the prosecutor used his peremptory challenges to remove every Black prospective j… |
| 20-792 |
Melinda Beazley Pearson v. City of Augusta, Georgia, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-12-11 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination investigation loudermill-hearing neutral-decisionmaker pretext pretext-analysis public-employment summary-judgment |
Was it error for the panel to affirm a grant of summary judgment, finding due process had been provided where a challenged demotion had been effected … |
| 20-5685 |
Ruben Sanchez v. Steven Silva, et al. |
First Circuit |
2020-09-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jury-selection peremptory-challenge pretext racial-discrimination standard-of-review |
(1) Whether, in an analysis under Batson v Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), the prosecutor's peremptory challenge of Hispanic prospective jurors was just… |
| 20-5476 |
Derek Tyler Horton v. Alabama |
Alabama |
2020-08-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights duty-to-investigate fourth-amendment law-enforcement lawful-arrest pretext pretextual-arrest probable-cause warrant-validity |
1.) Whether a police officer's reason for acting , in at least
some circumstances , should factor into the Fourth Amendment
inquiry?*
2.) Whether t… |
| 19-8717 |
Lance E. Felton v. City of Jackson, Mississippi |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-06-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability-accommodation disability-rights employment-discrimination interactive-process post-traumatic-stress-disorder pretext reasonable-accommodation termination |
A. While a Patrol Lieutenant employed with the City of Jackson, Mississippi ("the city"), Lance Felton ("Felton") suffered post-traumatic stress disor… |
| 19-1295 |
Rao S. Mandalapu v. Temple University Hospital, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-05-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-usc-1981 civil-rights civil-rights-act employment-discrimination pretext reeves-v-sanderson retaliation summary-judgment title-vii |
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e-2-3) and the Civil Rights Act of 1866 (42 U.S.C. § 1981) prevent discrimination and reta… |
| 19-7857 |
Chance Dechristian Adams v. Minnesota |
Minnesota |
2020-03-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky circuit-split equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-strike peremptory-strikes pretext prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination standard-of-review |
When a peremptory strike of a prospective juror is challenged under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), and a prosecutor offers multiple reasons f… |
| 19-7241 |
William Gene Cox, Jr. v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2020-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-assault civil-rights confidential-informant confidential-informants constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement pretext search-and-seizure unreasonable-search |
Should law enforcement be allowed to utilize armed assaults by confidential informants as pretext for circumventing the Fourth Amendment guarantee aga… |
| 19-796 |
Michael Cowels, et al. v. Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al. |
First Circuit |
2019-12-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure-act agency-review arbitrary-and-capricious civil-rights dna-profile due-process fbi-determination federal-bureau-of-investigation national-dna-index-system pretext pretextual-basis pretextual-determination |
1. Whether a determination by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (the "FBI") that a DNA profile is ineligible for upload to the National DNA Index Sy… |
| 19-724 |
Keith Y. Arakaki v. Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-12-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
adverse-action civil-procedure civil-rights employment-discrimination pretext retaliation summary-judgment title-vii |
(i) Whether the four discrete events Petitioner raised in opposing Respondents' Motion for Summary Judgment constituted adverse actions in accordance … |
| 19-6859 |
Michael A. Green v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-12-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment abandoned-vehicle community-caretaking criminal-procedure fourth-amendment inventory-search investigatory-motive law-enforcement-motive pretext search-and-seizure tow-policy vehicle-impoundment vehicle-search |
This case involves the impoundment and inventory search of a disabled vehicle by a law enforcement officer with an explicitly stated investigatory mot… |
| 19-500 |
Ameer Siddiqui v. NetJets Aviation, Inc. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-10-18 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
but-for but-for-test causation-standard civil-rights comparator-analysis comparators employment-discrimination pretext pretext-evaluation reasonable-inference retaliation retaliation-claims section-1981 summary-judgment title-vii |
1. Are plaintiffs who bring retaliation claims under either Title VII or Section 1981 subjected to the strenuous "but for" test, or is a reasonable in… |
| 19-233 |
Eryon Luke v. CPlace Forest Park SNF, L.L.C., dba Nottingham Regional Rehab Center |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-22 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split civil-rights comparator comparator-standard due-process employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas pregnancy-discrimination pretext prima-facie prima-facie-case title-vii |
The two questions presented are:
1. Whether the analysis applied by the Fifth Circuit as articulated in the Pre-Young decision of Brady vs. Office of… |
| 19-5139 |
Alauna Gaye Morris v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-07-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights fourth-amendment impound inventory-search investigative-stop law-enforcement policy pretext search-and-seizure unreasonable-search vehicle-impoundment |
Whether the Government meets its burden of proving the existence of a clear written policy for searching impounded vehicles when there is a written po… |
| 19-49 |
Michael Simons v. Boston Scientific, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-07-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-split employment-discrimination fmla FMLA-retaliation mcdonnell-douglas pretext pretext-standard prima-facie retaliation summary-judgment temporal-proximity |
1. Whether, in an FMLA wrongful discharge retaliation claim, the McDonnell Douglas three-prong analysis is appropriate, where the Circuit Courts have … |
| 18-9077 |
Cecelia D. Walton v. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Disability Determination Services |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-05-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
admissibility civil-rights eeoc eeoc-determination eeoc-reasonable-cause-determination employment-discrimination federal-rules-of-evidence federal-rules-of-evidence-403 pretext retaliation summary-judgment title-vii workplace-discrimination |
With regards to EEOC Reasonable Charge Determinations issued pursuant to the EEOC investigation conducted, is the Reasonable Cause Determination autom… |
| 18-1089 |
Annette Benjamin v. Felder Services, L.L.C., dba Oxford Health and Rehab Center |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
|
age-discrimination burden-of-proof civil-rights direct-evidence disparate-treatment employment-act employment-discrimination employment-law poor-performance pretext summary-judgment workplace-discrimination |
In a case brought under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, where a long-term, older employee is displaced by a younger employee, may a court pr… |
| 18-7601 |
Joseph Chhim v. Golden Nuggett Lake Charles, L.L.C. |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-01-28 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
age-discrimination civil-rights computer-assessment due-process eligibility-requirements employment-discrimination equal-protection facility-supervisor hiring-practices pretext pretext-claim |
Did Defendant Golden Nugget discriminate against Plaintiff when it hired 300 employees with different eligibility requirements based on a discriminato… |
| 18-634 |
Aed El-Saba v. University of South Alabama |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-11-15 |
Denied |
|
appellate-review civil-procedure employment-discrimination national-origin-discrimination pretext pretext-analysis retaliation summary-judgment supervisory-power termination |
Under Rule 10(a) when the trial court changes the language of the stated discharge reason; substitutes another document as the focus of pretext analys… |
| 18-624 |
Jinae Rasko v. New York City Administration for Children's Services |
Second Circuit |
2018-11-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
adverse-employment-action causal-connection civil-rights corrective-action direct-evidence employment-discrimination hostile-work-environment pretext retaliation title-vii |
I. Whether an employer is liable for discrimination under Title VII, when:
There are DIRECT EVIDENCES of discrimination, including the evidence of PRE… |
| 18-6644 |
Jingyuan Feng v. Sheena Komenda, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-11-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adverse-employment-action employment-discrimination employment-discrimination,civil-rights,title-vii,p equal-employment performance-evaluation pretext retaliation title-vii |
Whether the falsified employment performance statements are pretexts or legitimate reasons for the employment decisions.
Whether exceptionally placin… |
| 18-6501 |
Carl A. Robertson v. Interactive College of Technology, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2018-10-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cat's-paw-theory civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination evidentiary-rules mcdonnell-douglas-framework pretext pro-se pro-se-litigant scheduling-order standing summary-judgment title-vii |
Based on the Supreme Court of the United States precedents:
Should a 'pro se litigant's" [or any litigant's] First Proposed
"Heightened" Amended Com… |
| 18-6422 |
Larry Norton v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-10-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment mistake-of-law perjury police-misconduct pretext pretextual-stop search search-and-seizure traffic-stop |
Petitioner Larry Norton is serving a sentence of life incarceration which originated from evidence seized after a traffic stop for speeding in a const… |
| 18-353 |
Tate Clark v. Southwest Airlines Company |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-09-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
anderson-v-liberty-lobby appellate-review causation-standard civil-procedure district-court evidence-standard factual-inferences fmla-retaliation genuine-issue-for-trial judicial-review mixed-motive pretext prima-facie-case standard-of-review summary-judgment |
Therefore the question presented is whether the District Court and Court of Appeals failed to view the evidence presented in conjunction with Responde… |
| 18-5987 |
Ajohntae Hammond v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-09-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment circuit-split fourth-amendment officer-safety police-discretion pretext probable-cause qualified-immunity reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure totality-of-circumstances totality-of-the-circumstances warrantless-search |
When deciding whether a police officer's fear for his safety justified a warrantless search of a person not suspected of any crime, may courts limit t… |
| 18-5713 |
Leonard E. Dunning v. Nancy M. Ware, Director, Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency |
District of Columbia |
2018-08-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review civil-rights discrimination due-process employment employment-discrimination intentional-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas motion-reconsideration pretext reasonable-jury summary-judgment |
Whether Appellate Court erred in denying Appellant's motion for reconsideration of the U.S. District Court ruling in issuing the granting of summary j… |
| 18-28 |
Robert J. Balding v. Sunbelt Steel Texas, Inc., et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2018-07-05 |
Denied |
|
ada-protections adverse-action americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights due-process employment employment-discrimination family-and-medical-leave-act family-medical-leave-act fmla-rights pretext protected-leave retaliation workplace-retaliation |
Whether an employer violates an employee's FMLA or ADA rights by interfering with, retaliating against, denying accommodations, and taking adverse act… |