No. 25-261
Christine Asing v. Hawaii Government Employees Association - AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO
Tags: grievance-procedure labor-organization mcdonnell-douglas prima-facie-case religious-discrimination title-vii
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity EmploymentDiscrimina LaborRelations Privacy
SocialSecurity EmploymentDiscrimina LaborRelations Privacy
Latest Conference:
2025-11-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a labor organization violates Title VII when it refuses to pursue grievances based on religious objections while pursuing comparable secular grievances, and whether a plaintiff must plead a prima facie case under McDonnell Douglas at the Rule 12(b)(6) stage
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether a labor organization violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it refuses to pursue grievances based on religious objections to workplace policies while pursuing comparable grievances based on secular objections, and whether a plaintiff alleging such disparate treatment must plead a prima facie case under McDonnell Douglas at the Rule 12(b)(6) stage.
Docket Entries
2025-11-10
Petition DENIED.
2025-10-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
2025-10-20
Reply of Asing Christine submitted.
2025-10-20
Reply of petitioner Asing Christine filed. (Distributed)
2025-10-06
Brief of Hawaii Government Employees’ Association – AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO in opposition submitted.
2025-10-06
Brief of respondent Hawaii Government Employees’ Association – AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO in opposition filed.
2025-09-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 6, 2025)
Attorneys
Asing Christine
Shawn Anthony Luiz — Shawn A. Luiz, Attorney at Law, Petitioner
Shawn Anthony Luiz — Shawn A. Luiz, Attorney at Law, Petitioner
Hawaii Government Employees’ Association – AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO
Deirdre Marie-Iha — Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel, Respondent
Deirdre Marie-Iha — Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel, Respondent