No. 22-6412

Nicholas Conlan v. Costco Wholesale Corporation

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-12-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: americans-with-disabilities-act disability-accommodation employment-discrimination interactive-process jury-trial pretext reasonable-accommodation service-animal service-dog workplace-accommodation
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Latest Conference: 2023-02-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did Costco violate the Americans with Disabilities Amendment Act by terminating the interactive process with ambiguities they had and not directly engaging in the interactive process with Conlan?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Questions Presented Did Costco violate the Americans with Disabilities Amendment Act by terminating the interactive process with ambiguities they had and not directly engaging in the interactive process with Conlan? Was Costco’s proffered reason for firing him—that Conlan violated Costco’s leave of absence policy—was pretextual, and that the true reason was Conlan’s disability and request for an accommodation of a service dog? Does Title I of the ADA allow the accommodation of an emotional support animal or does the animal have to be a service animal? Was Conlan denied a Jury Trial, when he requested one in his Second Amended Complaint? . Page 2 of 33 Contents Questions 2 Opinions O JUTISGICTION oe [ntroduction oo...

Docket Entries

2023-02-21
Petition DENIED.
2023-01-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/17/2023.
2023-01-06
Waiver of right of respondent Costco to respond filed.
2022-12-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 30, 2023)
2022-12-06
Application (22A495) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until December 24, 2022.
2022-11-22
Application (22A495) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 24, 2022 to December 24, 2022, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Costco
James Michael HarrisSeyfarth Shaw LLP, Respondent
James Michael HarrisSeyfarth Shaw LLP, Respondent
Nicholas Conlan
Nicholas Conlan — Petitioner
Nicholas Conlan — Petitioner