Whether retaliation claims under 42 U.S.C. §1981 should accrue at the date of the adverse employment action or the date when the adverse employment decision was communicated to the employee

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1) Whether, in light of this Court’s recent decision in McDonough v. Smith, 588 US _ (2019) and the Civil Rights Act of 1991, retaliation claims under 42 U.S.C. §1981 should accrue at the date of the adverse employment action as opposed to the date when the adverse employment decision was communicated to the employee? 2) Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in affirming the District Court’s decision dismissing Ms. Smith’s 42 U.S.C. §1981 claims as time-barred? li LIST OF ALL PARTIES Plaintiff-appellant below, who is the petitioner before this Court, is Pamela J. Smith. The below and respondents before this Court are the University of Maryland Baltimore, John Jensen (individual capacity) and Glosenda Navales (individual capacity).