No. 25-6176

Melanie Nicole Moore v. Pooches of Largo, Inc., et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-11-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: contract-interpretation employment-law flsa-retaliation judicial-procedure minimum-wage wage-dispute
Key Terms:
Arbitration ERISA WageAndHour
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court's characterization of a wage complaint as a mere contract dispute improperly stripped the Petitioner of FLSA retaliation protections and whether the Eleventh Circuit erroneously affirmed the trial court's failure to recognize a baseless lawsuit as actionable retaliation

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Whether the district court ’s characterization of Petitioner ’s unpaid wage complaint as “merely ” a contract dispute rather than a violation of the FLSAdespite wages falling below the statutory minimum, improperly narrowed the statutory remedial scheme and stripped the Petitioner of the Act’s retaliation protection, in conflict with the standard established in Kasten v. St.-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp., 563 U.S. 1 (2011). 2. Whether the Eleventh Circuit erroneously affirmed the trial court ’s failure to recognize a baseless lawsuit as actionable retaliation, thereby dismissing the entire action premised on the flawed calculation of the limitations period from the date of termination, nullifying the jury ’s verdict in favor of Petitioner on the wage claim, and barring all recovery over a 16-day variance, in conflict with the willfulness standard established in McLaughlin v. Richland Shoe Co., 486 U.S. 128 (1988)

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-12-19
Waiver of right of respondent Pooches of Largo, Inc., et al. to respond filed.
2025-08-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 22, 2025)

Attorneys

Melanie Nicole Moore
Melanie Nicole Moore — Petitioner
Melanie Nicole Moore — Petitioner
Pooches of Largo, Inc., et al.
Matthew Seth SarelsonDhillon Law Group, Respondent
Matthew Seth SarelsonDhillon Law Group, Respondent