Whether the standard for proximate causation applied by the court of appeals below conflicts with Staub v. Proctor Hospital

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the standard for proximate causation applied by the court of appeals below, and in other Tenth Circuit cases, conflicts with this Court’s decision in Stawb v. Proctor Hospital, 562 U.S. 411 (2011) — and the postStaub approaches taken by other circuit courts — to the extent that the Tenth Circuit’s test dictates that an employer’s independent investigation into a biased supervisor’s recommendation automatically breaks the chain of causation in “cat’s paw” cases brought under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq. i RELATED CASES STATEMENT Jeannie Parker v. United Airlines, Inc., No. 2:19-cev00045-BSJ, U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. Judgment entered June 28, 2021. Jeannie Parker v. United Airlines, Inc., No. 21-4093, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Judgment entered November 23, 2022.