Sarsvatkumar Patel v. Long Island University
Arbitration ERISA DueProcess EmploymentDiscrimina Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
In a Title VII and FMLA discrimination and retaliation case, does denying a jury trial to a plaintiff who knowingly and voluntarily chose trial over settlement violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause and the Seventh Amendment guarantee of a trial by jury?
implicates unprecedented stakes in This constitutional protections under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Seventhcase Amendment ’s guarantee of a jury tidal rights that Supreme Court has consistently upheld. Moreover, the lower courts have reached conflicting conclusions. In the public interest, the petitioner respectfully urges the Court to set clear standards ensuring fairness, and federal uniformity. In a Title VII and FMLA discrimination and retaliation case, does denying a jury trial to a plaintiff who knowingly and voluntarily chose trial over settlement violate the Fourteenth Amendment ’s Due Process Clause and the Seventh Amendment guarantee of a trial by jury?1. Does Supreme Court ’s review remain necessary to resolve deep and significant circuit splits regarding the proper standards for enforcing settlements, where lower courts have inconsistently enforced alleged agreements without mutual assent, a written contract, material terms, review, execution, or revocation —contradicting contract law, due process, Supreme Court precedents, and federal uniformity?2. n Parties to Proceeding and Related Cases Pro Se Petitioner, Sarsvatkumar Patel, was the plaintiff-appellant below. Respondent Long Island University was the defendant-appellee, below. Petitioner and Respondent participated in the proceedings in the court of appeals and district court. Patel v. Long Island Univ., No. 17-CV-2170-NGG-SJB United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Judgement entered Sept. 25, 2023 Patel v. Long Island Univ., No. 23-7381 United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Judgement entered Nov. 13, 2024 m