No. 25-499

Sandy Mays v. Newly Weds Foods, Inc.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-10-22
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: causation-standard circuit-split employment-discrimination fmla-retaliation mcdonnell-douglas summary-judgment
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw Arbitration ERISA EmploymentDiscrimina WageAndHour
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the McDonnell Douglas framework is inappropriate for summary judgment analysis and whether 'but for' or motivating factor causation applies in FMLA retaliation claims

Question Presented (from Petition)

is whether an employee must show that her protected conduct was only a motivating or negative factor — rather than the but-for cause — of an adverse employment action under the FMLA?

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-11-26
Request for Hold of Sandy Mays submitted.
2025-11-26
Letter from counsel for petitioner received.
2025-11-19
Waiver of right of respondent Newly Weds Foods, Inc. to respond filed.
2025-09-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 21, 2025)

Attorneys

Newly Weds Foods, Inc.
Timothy M. PeeplesDaniel Coker Horton & Bell, P.A., Respondent
Timothy M. PeeplesDaniel Coker Horton & Bell, P.A., Respondent
Sandy Mays
Robert N. NorrisWatson & Norris, PLLC, Petitioner
Robert N. NorrisWatson & Norris, PLLC, Petitioner