No. 21-544

Joshua O. Thomas v. Farmers Insurance Exchange

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-10-13
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: appellate-review burden-of-proof civil-procedure genuine-issue-of-material-fact inference-standard judicial-precedent material-fact standard-of-review summary-judgment
Key Terms:
EmploymentDiscrimina
Latest Conference: 2021-11-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court and court of appeals have effectively abrogated this Court's binding precedent for reviewing a motion for summary judgment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the district court and court of appeals have effectively abrogated this Court’s binding precedent for reviewing a motion for summary judgment— whether the evidence, considered in a light most favorable to the non-movant and with all justifiable inferences drawn in his favor, creates a genuine issue of material fact—by applying numerous tests and standards that obfuscate Petitioner’s ultimate burden and deprive him of the opportunity to make his case? ii DIRECTLY

Docket Entries

2021-11-15
Petition DENIED.
2021-10-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/12/2021.
2021-10-26
Waiver of right of respondent Farmers Insurance Exchange to respond filed.
2021-10-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 12, 2021)

Attorneys

Farmers Insurance Exchange
James R. Holland IIFisher & Phillips, LLP, Respondent
Joshua O. Thomas
Alexander Louis EdelmanEdelman, Liesen & Myers, L.L.P., Petitioner