Whether the prima facie case and comparator analysis set forth in McDonnell-Douglas-Corp-v-Green-remains-the-correct-legal-test-in-proving-employment-discrimination-based-on-circumstantial-evidence

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the prima facie case and comparator analysis set forth in this Court’s decision in McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 (1973) and its progeny remains the correct legal test in proving employment discrimination based on circumstantial evidence or may a court disregard McDonnell Douglas’ prima facie case and comparator standard and travel under the less-rigorous “convincing mosaic” theory to prove discrimination based on circumstantial evidence. ii LIST OF PROCEEDINGS U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit No. 21-13245 Lawanna Tynes, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, Final Opinion: December 12, 2023 Rehearing Denial: February 21, 2024 U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida No. 18-CV-62891-WPD Lawanna Tynes, Plaintiff, v. Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, Defendant. Final Judgment: September 8, 2021