No. 24-6650

Abdullah Sall v. Sarah Fair George, et al.

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2025-02-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights conspiracy defamation discrimination statute-of-limitations summary-judgment
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2025-04-25
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the District Court abused its discretion by applying improper legal standards and hastily resorting to summary judgment to deny a claim of continuous violation

Question Presented (from Petition)

in the petition is whether the United States District Court for the District of Vermont in Burlington abused its discretion by applying improper legal standards and hastily resorting to summary judgment to deny my claim of continuous violation against the respondents. 2. Whether my defamation claim against respondent Seven Days, Inc. sufficiently pleads equitable tolling just with direct evidence and by presenting detailed factual allegations from which, when collectively considered, equitable tolling could plausibly be inferred. IV 3. Does Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibit employers from engaging in defamatory misconduct based on race, religion, ethnicity, or national origin? 4. Whether the statute of limitations applies even in cases of ongoing misconduct. See Local Motion, Inc. 5. Whether my assertion of a section 1985 conspiracy against Seven Days, Inc., is considered the introduction of a new claim? Further, whether the statute of limitation timebarred my complaint against respondent Seven Days, Inc., even though all the evidence points to the respondent's misconduct as the cause for my inability to file within the specified deadline. 6. Is a newspaper that participates in an act to advance a conspiracy liable under section 1985 ? Does the misconduct of the office of the prosecutor and a major publication constitute a. section 1985 violation in this case? 7. Whether a plaintiff can be precluded from invoking a statute in opposition to a summary judgment motion, even if he expressed the argument of the statute in his original complaint, Amended Complaint, responses, replies, and Second Amended Complaint? 8. Is a co-conspirator newspaper protected under the First Amendment from a defamation claim? Is the hit-piece published by respondent Seven Days Newspaper considered protected speech? 9. Who is a public figure in this case? 10. Whether an employer making employment decisions such as promotion based on racial, religious, ethnic, sex, or national origin stereotypes or assumptions about an employee's abilities, traits, or performance constitutes a section 1981, Title VII, and Title VI. See Greater Burlington YMCA. 11. Whether my claims against respondent Greater Burlington YMCA is time-barred given the respondent misconduct fits within the continue violation doctrine? vi 12. Whether in cases of two, three, four, or multiple overlapping statutes of limitations caused by a continuing wrong stemming from systemic racism, discrimination, or prejudice, in such cases, a single investigation and the evid

Docket Entries

2025-04-28
Petition DENIED.
2025-04-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/25/2025.
2025-04-01
Waiver of right of respondent Local Motion, Inc. to respond filed.
2025-03-31
Waiver of Seven Days of right to respond submitted.
2025-03-31
Waiver of right of respondent Seven Days to respond filed.
2025-03-31
Waiver of right of respondents Sarah Fair George and Chittenden County State's Attorney Office to respond filed.
2025-03-25
Waiver of right of respondent Greater Burlington YMCA to respond filed.
2025-03-24
Waiver of right of respondents Towns of Bolton, Charlotte, Colchester, Essex, Hinesburg, Huntington, Jericho, Milton, Richmond, Shelburne, St. George, Underhill, Westford, Williston, and City of Winooski to respond filed.
2024-05-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 31, 2025)

Attorneys

Abdullah Sall
Abdullah Sall — Petitioner
Abdullah Sall — Petitioner
Greater Burlington YMCA
Elizabeth Kidder RattiganDowns Rachlin Martin PLLC, Respondent
Elizabeth Kidder RattiganDowns Rachlin Martin PLLC, Respondent
Local Motion, Inc.
Melinda J. CaterineLittler Mendelson, P.C., Respondent
Melinda J. CaterineLittler Mendelson, P.C., Respondent
Sarah Fair George and Chittenden County State's Attorney Office
Kerin E. StackpolePaul Frank & Collins, P.C., Respondent
Kerin E. StackpolePaul Frank & Collins, P.C., Respondent
Seven Days
Matthew B. ByrneGravel & Shea, P.C., Respondent
Matthew B. ByrneGravel & Shea, P.C., Respondent
Towns of Bolton, Charlotte, Colchester, Essex, Hinesburg, Huntington, Jericho, Milton, Richmond, Shelburne, St. George, Underhill, Westford, Williston, and City of Winooski
Michael J. LeddyMcNeil, Leddy & Sheahan, P.C., Respondent
Michael J. LeddyMcNeil, Leddy & Sheahan, P.C., Respondent