No. 21-6400

Sonya R. Edwards v. Mesquite Independent School District

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-11-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: administrative-exhaustion civil-procedure civil-rights eeoc-charge employment-discrimination procedural-waiver statute-of-limitations title-vii
Key Terms:
Immigration
Latest Conference: 2022-01-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)

In light of the Supreme Court's holdings that an EEOC intake questionnaire may constitute a charge and a charge may be verified after the filing period, did the district court err in dismissing Sonya Edwards' Title VII suit on the grounds that her predicate charge was untimely?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED (1)In light of the Supreme Court's holdings that an EEOC intake questionnaire may constitute a charge and a charge may be verified after the filing period, did the district court err in dismissing Sonya Edwards’ Title VII suit on the grounds that her predicate charge was untimely? (2)If a plaintiff adequately pleads in an original and/or amended complaint that she exhausted all required administrative remedies prior to filing a Title VII suit, did the appellate court err in affirming the district court’s dismissal on the basis of waiver? | |

Docket Entries

2022-01-10
Petition DENIED.
2021-12-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-12-13
Waiver of right of respondent Mesquite Independent School District to respond filed.
2021-11-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 23, 2021)

Attorneys

Mesquite Independent School District
Thomas Phillip BrandtFanning Harper Martinson Brandt & Kutchin, PC, Respondent
Thomas Phillip BrandtFanning Harper Martinson Brandt & Kutchin, PC, Respondent
Sonya Edwards
Sonya R. Edwards — Petitioner
Sonya R. Edwards — Petitioner