| 25-941 |
Nonna Y. Sorokina v. The College of New Jersey |
Third Circuit |
2026-02-06 |
Pending |
|
actual-knowledge cat's-paw-theory employment-law pregnancy-discrimination prima-facie-case staub-standard |
Dr. Sorokina appeals to this Court the order of the
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit solely with respect to
her pregnancy discrimination claim… |
| 25-397 |
Delton York v. Scott Kupor, Director, Office of Personnel Management |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-10-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights employment-discrimination neutral-reason prima-facie-case racial-animus summary-judgment |
Assuming the petitioner established a prima facie case of employment discrimination, if the respondent offers evidence of a neutral reason for its ref… |
| 25-261 |
Christine Asing v. Hawaii Government Employees Association - AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-09-05 |
Denied |
|
grievance-procedure labor-organization mcdonnell-douglas prima-facie-case religious-discrimination title-vii |
1. Whether a labor organization violates Title VII of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it refuses to pursue
grievances based on religious objection… |
| 25-239 |
Tonya C. Huber v. Westar Foods, Inc. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-08-29 |
Denied |
|
burden-shifting employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas prima-facie-case retaliatory-intent summary-judgment |
1. In an employment action in which the plaintiff alleges the defendant engaged in unlawful intentional discrimination or retaliation, if the defendan… |
| 25-33 |
Pedro Ortiz-Romero v. Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico, et al. |
First Circuit |
2025-07-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
adverse-employment-action comparator-evidence discrimination-inference employment-discrimination prima-facie-case retaliation |
1. Whether a complaint in an employment discrimination lawsuit must contain specific facts that establish a prima facie case of discrimination?
2. Wh… |
| 24A1295 |
Anthony E. Ntamere v. Amerihealth Administrators, Inc., et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-06-30 |
Presumed Complete |
|
eighth-circuit employment-discrimination pleading-standards prima-facie-case rule-8 title-vii |
Question not identified. |
| 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… |
| 24-1045 |
City of Los Angeles, California v. Jesus Pimentel, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-04-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-usc-1983 burden-of-proof eighth-amendment excessive-fines gross-disproportionality prima-facie-case |
Does a government defending against an Eighth Amendment excessive fines claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 bear a burden to produce affirmative evidence tha… |
| 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. |
| 24-895 |
Wei Qiu v. Board of Education of Oldham County, Kentucky |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-02-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights due-process equal-protection motion-to-dismiss prima-facie-case title-vii |
1. Should the evidence attached to the response to the motion to dismiss be declined?
2. Does the complaint meet the standard "state a claim to relie… |
| 24-733 |
Daniel Snyder v. Arconic, Corp., a Delaware Corporation, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-01-13 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response Waived |
abercrombie-standard accommodation employment-law prima-facie-case religious-discrimination title-vii |
Whether an employee's sincere religious belief or practice, without more, establishes a prima facie case under Abercrombie. |
| 24-289 |
Yolanda D. Tyson v. Town of Ramapo, New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-09-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
americans-with-disabilities-act comparator-analysis employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas-test prima-facie-case racial-discrimination |
May an employer dispute plaintiff's prima facie case of racial discrimination by disputing the similarly situated status of comparators on a ground ma… |
| 24-5522 |
Billie R. James v. Southland Casino |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-09-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
age-discrimination civil-rights employment-law prima-facie-case procedural-fairness summary-judgment |
Did the District Court's and the Court of Appeals' failure to address James' allegations (i.e. forgeries and fabricated documents, denial of motions, … |
| 23-7659 |
Miracle Hurston v. Indiana Gaming Company, LLC, dba Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-06-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights contract-rights due-process equal-justice intentional-discrimination prima-facie prima-facie-case procedural-due-process section-1981 summary-judgment trial |
Section 1981 of Title 42 provides "all persons " in the United States "the same right " "to make and enforce contracts " as is "enjoyed by white citiz… |
| 23-1235 |
Florida Department of Juvenile Justice v. Lawanna Tynes |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-05-23 |
Denied |
|
circumstantial-evidence comparator-analysis convincing-mosaic employment-discrimination McDonnell-Douglas prima-facie-case title-vii |
Whether the prima facie case and comparator analysis set forth in this Court's decision in McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 (1973) and i… |
| 23-7499 |
Russell William Tucker v. North Carolina |
North Carolina |
2024-05-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky burden-of-proof disparate-treatment equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-strikes prima-facie-case prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination |
I. Whether the Supreme Court of North Carolina was free to reject evidence of disparate treatment and impose on Petitioner the crippling burden of sho… |
| 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… |
| 23-550 |
Laura Barbour Bowes, as Executor of the Estate of Eva Palmer v. Liberty University, Inc. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-11-21 |
Denied |
|
age-discrimination direct-evidence employment-law fourth-circuit-standard mcdonnell-douglas ministerial-exception prima-facie-case summary-judgment |
1. Whether (1) a statement by a university dean,
made during the time that the university was
deciding whether or not to renew the contract of a
th… |
| 23A356 |
Laura Barbour Bowes, as Executor of the Estate of Eva Palmer v. Liberty University, Inc. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-10-19 |
Presumed Complete |
|
burden-shifting circuit-split employment-discrimination McDonnell-Douglas ministerial-exception prima-facie-case |
Question not identified. |
| 22-7001 |
Sheniqua L. Watson v. Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-03-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination equal-pay-act factor-other-than-sex job-requirements prima-facie-case substantially-equal veteran-status veterans-preference |
Question 1:
The District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Richmond Division and the United States District
Court of Appeals for the Fourth … |
| 22-6884 |
Pradheep Chhalliyil v. Foodchain ID Group, Inc., et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-02-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights civil-rights-act discrimination employment employment-discrimination evidence evidence-gathering national-origin-discrimination prima-facie-case termination title-vii |
1: Does Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 & 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a)(l) prohibit discrimination as to all "terms, conditions, or privileges of e… |
| 22-462 |
Ruby J. Watts v. John Stewart, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-11-16 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights court-appointed-counsel directed-verdict discrimination due-process employment-discrimination employment-law equal-pay-act jury-trial prima-facie-case |
1. Did the lower court err in its issuing a directed verdict when a documented prima facie case of discrimination had been established?
2. Did the lo… |
| 22-5965 |
Michael C. Smart v. Prime Mortgage & Escrow, LLC, et al. |
Texas |
2022-11-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
42-usc-1981 civil-rights civil-rights-statute due-process federal-pleading-standard federal-procedure motion-to-dismiss pleading-standards preemption prima-facie-case supremacy-clause |
Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 91a (Rule 91a) Dismissal of Baseless Cause of Action, became effective March 1, 2013, and suppose to be similar to Feder… |
| 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… |
| 22-147 |
Reshawn Armstrong v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-08-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
employment-discrimination ex-parte-communication federal-rules-of-civil-procedure material-facts prima-facie-case protected-class similar-situated summary-judgment supervisor-liability |
Whether a Judge committed ex parte communication when he accepted information from an unnamed person other then the Plaintiff and Defendant's Counsel,… |
| 21-7766 |
Jacory Brown v. Christian Pfeiffer, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-05-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure district-court due-process effective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-claims prima-facie-case sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington |
Counsel under the sixth Amendment, Does Making a
Showing under defient perfrmance and prejudice
establish a prina facie case?
2.Does a District court… |
| 21-1385 |
Carolyn D. Robinson v. Walmart Stores East, LP |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-04-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-usc-1981 burden-shifting civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas prima-facie-case section-1981 seventh-amendment summary-judgment |
1. Should the McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 (1973) burden shifting test remain a part of the summary judgment analysis in employment … |
| 21-1110 |
Travis Boys v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2022-02-10 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response Waived |
batson-challenge Batson-v-Kentucky due-process Johnson-v-California jury-selection peremptory-strikes prima-facie-case racial-discrimination |
Whether, in conflict with Johnson v. California, 545 U.S. 162 (2005), the Louisiana appellate court applied an impermissibly high burden of proof at t… |
| 21-6659 |
Glen Seals v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-12-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky habeas-corpus johnson-v-california judicial-review mixed-question-of-fact-and-law peremptory-strike prima-facie prima-facie-case race-discrimination standard-of-review |
1. Whether, under Johnson v. California, 545 U.S. 162 (2005), a court may supply
and consider potential race-neutral reasons for a prosecutor's peremp… |
| 21-6541 |
Jesus Corona v. James Hill, Acting Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure habeas-corpus preliminary-hearing presumption-of-vindictiveness prima-facie-case procedural-default prosecutorial-discretion sentencing vindictive-prosecution |
1. Does a criminal defendant state a prima facie case of vindictive
prosecution, trigging a presumption of vindictiveness, when the day after he
succe… |
| 21-6484 |
Thomas Lee Battle v. California |
California |
2021-12-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky burden-shifting civil-rights discrimination hypothetical-justifications jury-selection prima-facie prima-facie-case prosecutorial-discretion title-vii |
1. Should analysis of a prima facie case of discrimination under Batson prohibit reliance upon hypothetical justifications never advanced by the prose… |
| 21-671 |
Tori Evans v. Cooperative Response Center, Inc. |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-11-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
ada americans-with-disabilities-act employment-discrimination family-medical-leave-act mcdonnell-douglas mcdonnell-douglas-framework prima-facie-case qualified-employee reasonable-accommodation |
I. Whether courts can weigh the employer's reason for discharge in determining whether an employee satisfies her prima facie case that she is qualifie… |
| 21-561 |
Elijah Anthony Olivarez v. T-Mobile USA, Incorporated, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-usc-2000e-2m adverse-employment-action discrimination employment-discrimination pleading-stage pleading-standard prima-facie-case protected-category swierkiewicz-v-sorema title-vii |
At the pleading stage of a Title VII discrimination claim (42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.), in which there is no direct evidence of discrimination, must th… |
| 21-5859 |
Shikeb Saddozai v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-10-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence aedpa-statute brady-material certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prima-facie-case statute-of-limitations |
1. Whether Petitioner seeking a COA demonstrated a substantial
showing of the denial of a Constitutional right and that jurist of reason would find i… |
| 21-359 |
Flomo Tealeh v. Ward County, North Dakota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-09-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
burden-shifting employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas prima-facie prima-facie-case protected-activity title-vii workplace-harassment |
1. Whether, in accordance with this Court's directive that the standard for the second prong of a prima facie case of discrimination under the McDonne… |
| 20-8015 |
Noel Brown v. Pennsylvania |
Third Circuit |
2021-05-13 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment intentional-discrimination prima-facie prima-facie-case title-vii |
1. WAS DECISIONS UNDER TITLE VII ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT A PERSON CLAIMING
THAT HE HAS BEEN THE VICTIM OF INTENTIONAL DISCRIMINATION MAY MAKE GUT A
PRIMA … |
| 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… |
| 20-7670 |
Faizah Dean v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, et al. |
California |
2021-04-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adverse-employment-action civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination due-process labor-discrimination prima-facie-case procedural-dismissal standing statutory-interpretation workers-compensation |
Question One: In Franco v. MV Transportation, Inc., 2019 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 120 the panel held that injured workers may make a prima facie sho… |
| 20-790 |
Reginald Eric Sprowl v. Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-12-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
burden-of-proof burden-shifting civil-procedure civil-rights disparate-treatment employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas prima-facie-case summary-judgment |
1. Should the McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 (1973) burden shifting test remain a part of the summary judgment analysis? |
| 20-732 |
David Wyche v. Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
Second Circuit |
2020-11-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-review civil-rights due-process employee-rights employment-termination occupational-safety prima-facie-case termination whistleblower whistleblower-protection workplace-safety |
1. Under the OSH Act of 1970
Do I fit the criteria as a whistleblower (1) considering I made work complaints to human resources; within
two weeks of … |
| 20-617 |
California Virtual Academies v. California Public Employment Relations Board |
California |
2020-11-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
burden-of-proof constitutional-law due-process labor-relations prima-facie-case retaliation wright-line-test |
In making a determination as to whether a charging party has established its "prima facie case" of unlawful retaliation due to union activity accordin… |
| 20-6210 |
Deondre Arthur Staten v. Ronald Davis, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-11-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
federal-deference habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prima-facie-case state-court-procedure state-court-procedures strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
1. Under 28 U.S.C. §2254(d)(2) and this Court's decision in Harrington v. Richter, 562 U.S. 86 (2011), does a federal court's deference to a state cou… |
| 20-5841 |
Gerard Nguedi v. Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
Second Circuit |
2020-09-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split civil-rights comparator-evidence disparate-treatment employment-discrimination employment-law equal-protection intentional-discrimination judicial-standard prima-facie-case similarly-situated-comparator |
Does a prima facie case of intentional discrimination require a judicial finding that the defendant gave more favorable treatment to a nearly identica… |
| 20-5790 |
Gerard Nguedi v. Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
Second Circuit |
2020-09-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split civil-rights comparator-evidence disparate-treatment employment-discrimination employment-law equal-protection intentional-discrimination judicial-finding prima-facie-case similarly-situated-comparator |
Does a prima facie case of intentional discrimination require a judicial finding that the defendant gave more favorable treatment to a nearly identica… |
| 20-200 |
Morgan McCoy v. Michael Bullock, et al. |
Ohio |
2020-08-20 |
Denied |
|
8th-amendment civil-procedure dismissal due-process evidence landlord-tenant-law prima-facie prima-facie-case racial-discrimination selective-enforcement standing |
1. Does pretrial court dismissing prima facie case before its evidence filing deadline constitute R. 103(D) plain error in constitutional violation of… |
| 19-8520 |
Justin Mohn v. Progressive Insurance |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-05-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights civil-rights-act discovery employment-discrimination pretext-plus pretext-plus-rule prima-facie-case summary-judgment title-vii |
(1) Whether the District Court and Tenth Circuit erred in holding that a plaintiff establishing a prima facie case and or showing pretext plus proof o… |
| 19-1238 |
Lisa L. Watson v. Ryan McCarthy, Secretary of the Army |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-04-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
adverse-action adverse-employment-action agency-action civil-rights comparator comparator-evidence discriminatory-termination due-process employment hipaa-compliance performance-improvement-plan prima-facie-case |
Where is the initial performance upon which grounds the agency fired me for this employer's adverse action after my alleged failure of the so called i… |
| 19-7744 |
Partha A. Rai Chowdhuri v. SGT, Inc., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-02-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
amendment-request civil-rights common-law due-process employment-discrimination fair-proceedings fourteenth-amendment fourth-circuit-review material-adverse-action prima-facie-case record-amendment seventh-amendment temporal-proximity |
1) Whether the Fourth Circuit erred and disregarded this Court's precedents when it denied Petitioner's request to amend significantly incorrect recor… |
| 19-7613 |
Wanda E. Smith-Jeter v. ArtSpace Everett Lofts Condominium Association, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights fair-housing-act prima-facie-case pro-se retaliation standing summary-judgment |
1.Does
petitioNer,pro se, WANDA E.Smith-Jeter
Present a prima facie case for retaliation,
uNder the Fair Housing Act against the
ReSpONdeNtS, ARTSPACE… |
| 19-894 |
Michael Yamashita, et al. v. Scholastic Inc. |
Second Circuit |
2020-01-17 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split copyright-infringement copyright-ownership feist-publication feist-publications pleading-standard prima-facie-case second-circuit seventh-circuit third-circuit unauthorized-copying |
Did the Second Circuit err in holding that a complaint for copyright infringement must be dismissed unless it alleges particular facts showing "1) whi… |
| 19-7061 |
Charles Edward Smith v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-12-27 |
Granted |
IFP |
appellate-review batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky burden-shifting clearly-erroneous-standard jury-selection peremptory-challenge prima-facie-case racial-discrimination standard-of-review |
In Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 97 (1986), the Court set forth a three-step protocol to prevent racial discrimination in jury selection. It applie… |
| 19-745 |
Khalil Williams v. Housing Opportunities for Persons with Exceptionalities |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-12-11 |
Denied |
|
burden-of-proof burden-shifting circumstantial-evidence civil-rights comparator-evidence employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas prima-facie-case racial-discrimination summary-judgment title-vii |
What test should courts use in evaluating motions for summary judgment in discrimination cases when the evidence needed to establish a traditional McD… |
| 19-6537 |
Christopher Everson v. Theresa Lantz, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-11-07 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-rules final-judgment frivolous frivolous-standard hearing judicial-discretion prima-facie-case rule-60-motion rule-60(b)(6) standing |
The Petitioner presents two questions:
In Neitzke v. Williams 490 U.S. 319 at 325 (1989), quoting from Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), The… |
| 19-6331 |
Joseren Deshune Delancy v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-10-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
batson-framework Batson-v-Kentucky civil-rights constitutional-challenge equal-protection mccleskey-v-kemp prima-facie-case racial-discrimination sentencing sentencing-bias supreme-court-precedent |
Whether this Court should overrule McCleskey v. Kemp, 481 U.S. 279 (1987), and adopt the Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), framework that a defe… |
| 19-269 |
Harold A. Flores v. Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. |
Second Circuit |
2019-08-29 |
Denied |
|
adverse-employment-action burden-of-proof civil-rights employment-discrimination employment-law evidence prima-facie-case quantum-of-evidence retaliation summary-judgment title-vii |
What quantum of evidence is sufficient to survive summary judgment on a Title VII retaliation claim - here, that defendant Entergy retaliated against … |
| 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… |
| 19-186 |
Leslie Moore Mira v. Argus Media, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-08-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights discrimination employment-discrimination employment-law hostile-work-environment nonconsensual-dissemination prima-facie prima-facie-case title-vii workplace-harassment |
An estimated 10 million or 4% of US internet users have been threatened with or experienced the posting of explicit intimate images without their cons… |
| 19-5192 |
Brenda Massaquoi v. American Credit Acceptance |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-07-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
burden-of-proof civil-rights discrimination employment-law hostile-work-environment intentional-discrimination national-origin prima-facie-case retaliation title-vii |
Is a plaintiffs prima facie case of discrimination because of race, national origin and retaliation, combined with sufficient evidence for a reasonabl… |
| 19-83 |
Veronica W. Ogunsula v. Staffing Now, Inc. |
District of Columbia |
2019-07-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
adea employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas prima-facie prima-facie-case staffing-agency temporary-employment title-vii |
1. How does the framework and prima facie prongs of the Supreme Court's precedent setting employment case, McDonnell Douglas vs. Green, apply in a Tit… |
| 18-9710 |
Lee Turner, Jr. v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2019-06-18 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky civil-rights comparative-juror-analysis discrimination due-process equal-protection johnson-v-california jury-selection prima-facie-case prima-facie-discrimination prosecutorial-strikes racial-bias racial-discrimination standard-of-proof |
1. Whether "mere statistics" are sufficient to demonstrate a prima facie case of discrimination under Batson v. Kentucky, 475 U.S. 79 (1986) and Johns… |
| 18-1473 |
Zelma Rivas v. New York State Lottery |
Second Circuit |
2019-05-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
abuse-of-discretion civil-rights continuing-violation discrimination due-process eeoc-charge employment-discrimination harassment hostile-work-environment prima-facie-case racial-discrimination retaliation statute-of-limitations Title-VII |
Plaintiff asserts the continuing violation exception to the Title VII limitation period. If a Title VII plaintiff files an EEOC charge that is timely … |
| 18-8756 |
Jonathan S. Williams v. Dr. Kurk, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-04-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeal civil-procedure constitutional-rights dismissal due-process federal-procedure judicial-error prima-facie-case res-judicata standing |
DID THE U.S.D.C; COMMIT LEGAL ERROR BY GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS UNDER RES JUDICATA WITHOUT ALLOWING THE APPELLANT AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONT… |
| 18-8748 |
Dajuan A. Alridge v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2019-04-09 |
GVR |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection jury-selection jury-unanimity juvenile-sentencing non-unanimous-jury prima-facie prima-facie-case racial-discrimination |
1. Whether statistics alone are sufficient to demonstrate a prima facie case of discrimination in the first step of a Batson analysis?
2. Whether lif… |
| 18-1161 |
Regena Bryant v. UnitedHealth Group, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-03-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
age-discrimination burden-of-proof burden-shifting civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas mcdonnell-douglas-framework prima-facie-case summary-judgment title-vii |
This case is a Non-Mixed Motive and Non-Pretext Title VII employment discrimination suit. The exclusive focus in this case is the sort of showing a Ti… |
| 18-8035 |
Loretta C. Adigun v. Express Scripts, Inc. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-20 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
ada ada-reasonable-accommodation,eeoc-right-to-sue,dis americans-with-disabilities-act eeoc eeoc-charge employment-discrimination prima-facie-case reasonable-accommodation right-to-sue social-security-administration |
Did Loretta C. Adigun neglect to satisfy the third prong of the prima facie case; by a lack of evidence, showing she requested a reasonable accommodat… |
| 18-1047 |
Crystal Wade v. Florida Department of Juvenile Justice |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
disability-discrimination employment-law indefinite-leave medical-leave prima-facie-case qualified-individual reasonable-accommodation rehabilitation-act workers-compensation |
Does a United States Court of Appeals ruling which affirmed the per se requirements of Wood v. Green, 323 F.3d 1309, 1314 (11th Cir, 2003), and which … |
| 18-7536 |
Jason M. Reeves v. Darrell Vannoy, Warden |
Louisiana |
2019-01-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strikes prima-facie-case racial-discrimination side-by-side-comparison voir-dire |
In jury selection for the second trial in this case, the State used 7 of its 12 peremptory challenges on African-Americans, removing only 5 of the 23 … |
| 18-6214 |
Ricardo Rene Sanders v. Ron Davis, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-04 |
Denied |
Amici (1)IFP |
brady-violation brady-violations california-habeas cullen-v-pinholster death-row eighth-amendment evidentiary-hearing federal-habeas habeas-corpus materiality materiality-test ninth-circuit prima-facie-case prosecutorial-misconduct |
1. Whether this Court should clarify that under Harrington v. Richter, 562 U.S. 86, 98 (2011), when the federal habeas courts evaluate the summary den… |
| 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… |
| 18-5152 |
Rodney Howard v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2018-07-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky criminal-procedure equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strikes prima-facie prima-facie-case prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination |
1. Does a black defendant make a prima facie showing of discriminatory use of peremptory strikes under Batson's first step when he demonstrates that t… |