No. 24-1008

Justicia Rizzo v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-03-20
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: civil-procedure court-jurisdiction default-judgment federal-rules judicial-discretion service-of-process
Key Terms:
ERISA SocialSecurity DueProcess EmploymentDiscrimina
Latest Conference: 2025-05-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Petitioner is entitled to Default Judgment and whether the Eastern District Court abused its discretion in multiple procedural rulings

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Whether the Petitioner, JUSTICIA RIZZO is entitled to Default Judgement. 2. Whether Eastern District Court Judge, David L. Bunning abused discretion when he stated the summons was incorrect. 3. Whether Eastern District Court, abused discretion when claiming the Petitioner could not serve the Defendant through the mail S she is a party to the civil action. 4. Whether the Eastern District Court was responsible to have the Defendant served by the US Marshalls. 5. Whether the Eastern District Court, abused discretion when denying the Petitioner ’s motion to enter the MSPB Final Order and The EEOC APPEAL Decision. 6. Whether the District Court ERRED when denying an extension pursuant to Federal Rules Civil Procedure FRCP (4) 7. Whether the District Court Judge abused discretion when he contemporaneously ruled in favor of the Defendant absent a response to the courts. 8. Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ERRED, when they failed to REMAND the case back to District Court, for remedy of service rather than upholding the dismissal. i

Docket Entries

2025-08-18
Rehearing DENIED.
2025-07-24
DISTRIBUTED.
2025-06-22
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2025-05-27
Petition DENIED.
2025-05-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/22/2025.
2025-01-06

Attorneys

Collins, Sec. of VA
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Moez Mansoor KabaHueston Hennigan LLP, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Justicia Rizzo
Justicia Rizzo — Petitioner
Justicia Rizzo — Petitioner