No. 20-6158

Clara Lewis Brockington v. South Carolina Department of Social Services, et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-10-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: discrimination due-process education-requirements employment-termination equal-protection master's-degree test-administration workers-compensation workplace-discrimination
Key Terms:
Environmental SocialSecurity Immigration
Latest Conference: 2021-03-19 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

why-was-plaintiff-terminated-from-employment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1/ Why did S. C. Department of Social Services terminate Pro Se Plaintiff from employment with S. C. Department of Social Services when it was not about passing atest? 2/ Why wasn’t | given another chance to take the test which is protocol and fairness for : not passing the test that others were given 3 to 4 times to making a passing score on the test? 37 Why Mr. Reese Palmer, County Director and the two females who were contractual workers hired by the University of South Carolina (Alma Mater), who were administrating the tests for Department of Social Services, discuss this in the testing and hiring process, that this was contingent in the hiring process, that a test has to be taken with a passing score in order to complete your hiring process? 4/ Why S. C. Department of Social Services refused to pay Pro Se Plaintiff Workers’ Compensation when my supervisor, Ms. Gooden, was with me when | left to go home and fell at S. C. Department of Social Services? S/ Being a Master’s Level Graduate of the Prestige University of South Carolina, | have confirmed with my Professors, that in order to teach any classes as an employee of this university, you MUST HAVE A MASTER’S DEGREE. | can confirm that both females informed me and several other employees of Department of Social Services that they DID NOT HAVE MASTER’S DEGREE. : 6. Would you agree that | was wrongfully terminated for not being given the opportunity to pass a test that was not a part of the hiring process, and denied worker's compensation when | fell at S.C. Department of Social Services while walking to my car and discriminate against when | was denied taking the test 3 or 4 times like other younger employees?

Docket Entries

2021-03-22
Rehearing DENIED.
2021-03-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021.
2021-02-04
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-07-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 30, 2020)

Attorneys

Clara L. Brockington
Clara Lewis Brockington — Petitioner
Clara Lewis Brockington — Petitioner