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25-7111 Charles Faulk v. Owens Corning Roofing and Asphalt, L.L.C. Fifth Circuit 2026-03-25 Pending IFP comparator-analysis employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas-framework prima-facie-case summary-judgment title-vii 1. Whether courts may affirm summary judgment in a Title VII case by discounting sworn testimony, drawing inferences in the employer's favor, and trea…
24A145 Ronald Hittle v. City of Stockton, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-08-07 Presumed Complete bostock-standard but-for-causation mcdonnell-douglas-framework religious-discrimination summary-judgment title-vii 1. This case raises an important issue regarding the summary judgment standard in Title VII actions after Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, 590 U.S.…
23-5745 Zephryn (Stephanie) Hammond v. University of Vermont Medical Center Vermont 2023-10-10 Denied IFP burden-of-proof burden-shifting employment-discrimination legal-standards mcdonnell-douglas-framework protected-characteristics retaliation retaliation-claim summary-judgment 1. Under organizational policy when an employee makes a complaint to anyone in a position of authority in regard to a protected characteristic, should…
22-299 Trisha Doran v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sixth Circuit 2022-09-28 Denied Response Waived age-discrimination babb eeoc eeoc-regulations federal-sector federal-sector-claims honest-belief-rule mcdonnell-douglas mcdonnell-douglas-framework title-vii In Babb (2020), this Court held that the plain meaning of the statutory language of ADEA's federal-sector provision mandates liability if a decision-m…
21-671 Tori Evans v. Cooperative Response Center, Inc. Eighth Circuit 2021-11-05 Denied Response Waived ada americans-with-disabilities-act employment-discrimination family-medical-leave-act mcdonnell-douglas mcdonnell-douglas-framework prima-facie-case qualified-employee reasonable-accommodation I. Whether courts can weigh the employer's reason for discharge in determining whether an employee satisfies her prima facie case that she is qualifie…
20-1622 Ramonica M. Luke v. University Health Services, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-20 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1981 admissible-evidence civil-rights civil-rights-act comparator-evidence employment-discrimination honest-belief-rule mcdonnell-douglas mcdonnell-douglas-framework pretext-analysis similarly-situated title-vii 1. Applicable to the Title VII of the Civil Rights of 1964 or 42 U.S.C, 1981, did Plaintiff prove pretext by discrimination by showing "weakness, impl…
18-1426 Samantha L. Coleman v. Schneider Electric USA, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2019-05-14 Denied Response Waived burden-of-proof civil-rights credibility-determinations employment-discrimination jury-trial McDonnell-Douglas mcdonnell-douglas-framework race-discrimination retaliation-claim summary-judgment title-vii workplace-discrimination 1. Has the McDonnell Douglas framework for determining workplace discrimination been fatally undermined and petitioner's right to a jury trial denied …
18-1161 Regena Bryant v. UnitedHealth Group, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-07 Denied Response Waived age-discrimination burden-of-proof burden-shifting civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas mcdonnell-douglas-framework prima-facie-case summary-judgment title-vii This case is a Non-Mixed Motive and Non-Pretext Title VII employment discrimination suit. The exclusive focus in this case is the sort of showing a Ti…
18-6501 Carl A. Robertson v. Interactive College of Technology, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP cat's-paw-theory civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination evidentiary-rules mcdonnell-douglas-framework pretext pro-se pro-se-litigant scheduling-order standing summary-judgment title-vii Based on the Supreme Court of the United States precedents: Should a 'pro se litigant's" [or any litigant's] First Proposed "Heightened" Amended Com…