No. 25-5980

Kenny Taylor v. Brook Valley Management, Incorporated

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-10-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: background-context federal-removal independent-claims jurisdictional-challenge state-law-cause-of-action statutory-references
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a state-law cause of action — such as a meal-period violation under
Texas law — may be dismissed or removed to federal court solely because the
complaint contains incidental references to unrelated federal statutes (such as the
ADA or OSHA), when those references were included only as background context
and the state-law claims present independent grounds for relief.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state-law cause of action may be dismissed or removed to federal court solely because the complaint contains incidental references to unrelated federal statutes when those references were included only as background context and the state-law claims present independent grounds for relief

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-10-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 28, 2025)

Attorneys

Kenny Taylor
Kenny Taylor — Petitioner