No. 19-724

Keith Y. Arakaki v. Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-12-09
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: adverse-action civil-procedure civil-rights employment-discrimination pretext retaliation summary-judgment title-vii
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity EmploymentDiscrimina
Latest Conference: 2020-01-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the four discrete events Petitioner raised in opposing Respondents' Motion for Summary Judgment constituted adverse actions in accordance with the spirit and intent of Title VII retaliations claims, a remedial statute?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED (i) Whether the four discrete events Petitioner raised in opposing Respondents’ Motion for Summary Judgment constituted adverse actions in accordance with the spirit and intent of Title VII retaliations claims, a remedial statute? (ii) Whether Petitioner raised sufficient evidence of pretext to defeat Respondents’ Motion for Summary Judgment? ii STATEMENT OF RELATED CASES Arakaki v. Brennan, No. 15-00229 HG-RLP United States District Court For the District of Hawai‘i Judgment entered March 31, 2017 Arakaki v. Brennan, No. 17-15885 United States Court of Appeals For the Ninth Circuit Opinion entered June 12, 2019 Order Denying Motion for Rehearing and Motion for Rehearing En Banc, entered September 5, 2019

Docket Entries

2020-01-27
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2020.
2019-12-30
Waiver of right of respondent Brennan, Megan, et al. to respond filed.
2019-12-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 8, 2020)

Attorneys

Brennan, Megan, et al.
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Keith Arakaki
Shawn Anthony LuizShawn A. Luiz, Attorney at Law, Petitioner
Shawn Anthony LuizShawn A. Luiz, Attorney at Law, Petitioner