Stevie Whitehorn v. Maverick Tube Corporation, fka Tenaris Hickman
SocialSecurity DueProcess EmploymentDiscrimina
Whether the fabrication of false evidence by the respondent is evidence of pretext to discharge the petitioner
QUESTIONS PRESENTED . 1. Whether the fact that Respondent, Maverick Tube Corporation, fabricated false (fraudulent) evidence of a photograph of a truck in the foreground with unstrapped pipe that Maverick alleged to be Petitioner’s truck, which it was not, is evidence of pretext to discharge Petitioner. 2. Whether the appointment of a special supervisor, Randy Tune, to observe Petitioner : and create a paper trail to replace Petitioner’s immediate supervisor, James Cooper, is evidence of discrimination. : 3. Whether the treatment of the evidence by the lower courts, including, but not limited to, the discharge of Petitioner, black, who was on the verge of retirement and/or disability and replacing Petitioner with a white former employee who had previously caused the death of another employee was a denial of Petitioner’s rights of due process and equal protection guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. 4, Whether Petitioner’s discipline, discharge, for alleged failure to follow safety instructions compared to Mike McCraig, white, for being involved in the accidental death of : another employee, is direct evidence of discrimination; Mike McCraig replaced Petitioner Whitehorn. i