| 25-941 |
Nonna Y. Sorokina v. The College of New Jersey |
Third Circuit |
2026-02-06 |
Pending |
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actual-knowledge cat's-paw-theory employment-law pregnancy-discrimination prima-facie-case staub-standard |
Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals correctly held that a plaintiff asserting a claim under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) must establi… |
| 25-397 |
Delton York v. Scott Kupor, Director, Office of Personnel Management |
Fifth Circuit |
2025-10-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights employment-discrimination neutral-reason prima-facie-case racial-animus summary-judgment |
Whether a court should give controlling weight to a neutral reason for employment decision when evidence of racial animus exists |
| 25-261 |
Christine Asing v. Hawaii Government Employees Association - AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-09-05 |
Denied |
|
grievance-procedure labor-organization mcdonnell-douglas prima-facie-case religious-discrimination title-vii |
Whether a labor organization violates Title VII when it refuses to pursue grievances based on religious objections while pursuing comparable secular g… |
| 25-239 |
Tonya C. Huber v. Westar Foods, Inc. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-08-29 |
Denied |
|
burden-shifting employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas prima-facie-case retaliatory-intent summary-judgment |
Whether a plaintiff alleging employment discrimination must establish a prima facie case and pretext under the McDonnell Douglas framework when seekin… |
| 25-33 |
Pedro Ortiz-Romero v. Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico, et al. |
First Circuit |
2025-07-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
adverse-employment-action comparator-evidence discrimination-inference employment-discrimination prima-facie-case retaliation |
Whether a complaint in an employment discrimination lawsuit must contain specific facts that establish a prima facie case of discrimination; whether c… |
| 24A1295 |
Anthony E. Ntamere v. Amerihealth Administrators, Inc., et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-06-30 |
Presumed Complete |
|
eighth-circuit employment-discrimination pleading-standards prima-facie-case rule-8 title-vii |
Whether the Supreme Court should clarify the proper application of pleading standards under Rule 8 and the McDonnell Douglas framework in employment d… |
| 24-7284 |
Charles L. Burgett v. Scott Bessent, Secretary of the Treasury |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-05-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
employment-discrimination pretext prima-facie-case standard-of-review summary-judgment title-vii |
Whether the lower courts applied the correct summary judgment standard of review for prima facie and for pretext in assessing a case of employment dis… |
| 24-1045 |
City of Los Angeles, California v. Jesus Pimentel, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-04-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-usc-1983 burden-of-proof eighth-amendment excessive-fines gross-disproportionality prima-facie-case |
Does a government defending against an Eighth Amendment excessive fines claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 bear a burden to produce affirmative evidence tha… |
| 24A838 |
Phillip Frazier v. American Airlines, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-03-03 |
Presumed Complete |
|
age-discrimination fair-employment-and-housing-act pretext prima-facie-case reduction-in-force summary-judgment |
Whether the Ninth Circuit properly applied summary judgment standards in rejecting an employee's prima facie case of age discrimination under the Fair… |
| 24-895 |
Wei Qiu v. Board of Education of Oldham County, Kentucky |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-02-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights due-process equal-protection motion-to-dismiss prima-facie-case title-vii |
Whether the district court and circuit court improperly dismissed Qiu's Title VII complaint by declining to consider her supporting email evidence and… |
| 24-733 |
Daniel Snyder v. Arconic, Corp., a Delaware Corporation, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-01-13 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response Waived |
abercrombie-standard accommodation employment-law prima-facie-case religious-discrimination title-vii |
Whether a sincerely motivated religious expression establishes a prima facie case of religious discrimination under Title VII without additional showi… |
| 24-289 |
Yolanda D. Tyson v. Town of Ramapo, New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2024-09-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
americans-with-disabilities-act comparator-analysis employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas-test prima-facie-case racial-discrimination |
May an employer dispute a plaintiff's prima facie case of racial discrimination by using a comparator status determination that violates the Americans… |
| 24-5522 |
Billie R. James v. Southland Casino |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-09-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
age-discrimination civil-rights employment-law prima-facie-case procedural-fairness summary-judgment |
Did the District Court's and the Court of Appeals' failure to address James' allegations allow Southland to escape from proving a non-discriminatory r… |
| 23-7659 |
Miracle Hurston v. Indiana Gaming Company, LLC, dba Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-06-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights contract-rights due-process equal-justice intentional-discrimination prima-facie prima-facie-case procedural-due-process section-1981 summary-judgment trial |
Must a plaintiff prove intentional discrimination as an element of the prima facie case in a 42 U.S.C § 1981 claim? |
| 23-1235 |
Florida Department of Juvenile Justice v. Lawanna Tynes |
Eleventh Circuit |
2024-05-23 |
Denied |
|
circumstantial-evidence comparator-analysis convincing-mosaic employment-discrimination McDonnell-Douglas prima-facie-case title-vii |
Whether the prima facie case and comparator analysis set forth in McDonnell-Douglas-Corp-v-Green-remains-the-correct-legal-test-in-proving-employment-… |
| 23-7499 |
Russell William Tucker v. North Carolina |
North Carolina |
2024-05-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky burden-of-proof disparate-treatment equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-strikes prima-facie-case prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination |
Whether the Supreme Court of North Carolina was free to reject evidence of disparate treatment and impose on Petitioner the crippling burden of showin… |
| 23-6528 |
Charles L. Burgett v. Martin J. O'Malley, Commissioner of Social Security |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-01-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
42-usc-2000e civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination pretext prima-facie prima-facie-case summary-judgment title-vii |
Whether the Court of Appeals applied the correct summary judgment standard on prima facie and on pretext in assessing a case of employment-discriminat… |
| 23-550 |
Laura Barbour Bowes, as Executor of the Estate of Eva Palmer v. Liberty University, Inc. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-11-21 |
Denied |
|
age-discrimination direct-evidence employment-law fourth-circuit-standard mcdonnell-douglas ministerial-exception prima-facie-case summary-judgment |
Whether a statement by a university dean and a designation by a professor's department chair constitute direct evidence of age discrimination |
| 23A356 |
Laura Barbour Bowes, as Executor of the Estate of Eva Palmer v. Liberty University, Inc. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-10-19 |
Presumed Complete |
|
burden-shifting circuit-split employment-discrimination McDonnell-Douglas ministerial-exception prima-facie-case |
Whether the Fourth Circuit improperly conflates the prima facie stage of the McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting framework with the employer's legitimat… |
| 22-7001 |
Sheniqua L. Watson v. Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-03-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination equal-pay-act factor-other-than-sex job-requirements prima-facie-case substantially-equal veteran-status veterans-preference |
Can veteran status be used as a 'factor other than sex' affirmative defense for a job that does not require military service experience? |
| 22-6884 |
Pradheep Chhalliyil v. Foodchain ID Group, Inc., et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-02-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights civil-rights-act discrimination employment employment-discrimination evidence evidence-gathering national-origin-discrimination prima-facie-case termination title-vii |
Does Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibit discrimination as to all terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, including denial to g… |
| 22-462 |
Ruby J. Watts v. John Stewart, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-11-16 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights court-appointed-counsel directed-verdict discrimination due-process employment-discrimination employment-law equal-pay-act jury-trial prima-facie-case |
Did the lower court err in issuing a directed verdict when a prima facie case of discrimination was established? |
| 22-5965 |
Michael C. Smart v. Prime Mortgage & Escrow, LLC, et al. |
Texas |
2022-11-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
42-usc-1981 civil-rights civil-rights-statute due-process federal-pleading-standard federal-procedure motion-to-dismiss pleading-standards preemption prima-facie-case supremacy-clause |
Was the petitioner's federal rights violated when Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N.A. 534 U.S. 506, 122 S. Ct. 992 (2002) held that a plaintiff does not need … |
| 22-211 |
Kelly Vandenberg v. University of Saint Thomas, aka University of St. Thomas (Houston) |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-09-08 |
Denied |
|
burden-of-proof civil-procedure employment-discrimination pretext pretext-standard prima-facie-case reeves-v-sanderson rule-50 rule-56 summary-judgment |
Whether the narrow Reeves exceptions apply to Rule 56 summary judgment identically as they do under Rule 50 |
| 22-147 |
Reshawn Armstrong v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-08-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
employment-discrimination ex-parte-communication federal-rules-of-civil-procedure material-facts prima-facie-case protected-class similar-situated summary-judgment supervisor-liability |
Whether a Judge committed ex parte communication |
| 21-7766 |
Jacory Brown v. Christian Pfeiffer, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-05-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure district-court due-process effective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-claims prima-facie-case sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington |
When does a showing under Strickland v. Washington establish a prima facie case of ineffective assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment? |
| 21-1385 |
Carolyn D. Robinson v. Walmart Stores East, LP |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-04-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-usc-1981 burden-shifting civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas prima-facie-case section-1981 seventh-amendment summary-judgment |
Should the McDonnell Douglas burden shifting test remain in employment discrimination cases involving 42 U.S.C. § 1981? |
| 21-1110 |
Travis Boys v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2022-02-10 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response Waived |
batson-challenge Batson-v-Kentucky due-process Johnson-v-California jury-selection peremptory-strikes prima-facie-case racial-discrimination |
Whether the Louisiana appellate court applied an impermissibly high burden of proof at the first step of Batson by creating an unattainable statistica… |
| 21-6659 |
Glen Seals v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-12-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky habeas-corpus johnson-v-california judicial-review mixed-question-of-fact-and-law peremptory-strike prima-facie prima-facie-case race-discrimination standard-of-review |
whether-courts-may-consider-potential-race-neutral-reasons-at-batson-prima-facie-stage |
| 21-6541 |
Jesus Corona v. James Hill, Acting Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure habeas-corpus preliminary-hearing presumption-of-vindictiveness prima-facie-case procedural-default prosecutorial-discretion sentencing vindictive-prosecution |
Does a criminal defendant state a prima facie case of vindictive prosecution, triggering a presumption of vindictiveness, when the day after he succee… |
| 21-6484 |
Thomas Lee Battle v. California |
California |
2021-12-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky burden-shifting civil-rights discrimination hypothetical-justifications jury-selection prima-facie prima-facie-case prosecutorial-discretion title-vii |
Should analysis of a prima facie case of discrimination under Batson prohibit reliance upon hypothetical justifications never advanced by the prosecut… |
| 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 |
Whether courts can weigh the employer's reason for discharge in determining whether an employee satisfies her prima facie case that she is qualified t… |
| 21-561 |
Elijah Anthony Olivarez v. T-Mobile USA, Incorporated, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-10-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-usc-2000e-2m adverse-employment-action discrimination employment-discrimination pleading-stage pleading-standard prima-facie-case protected-category swierkiewicz-v-sorema title-vii |
At the pleading stage of a Title VII discrimination claim, must the plaintiff show 'circumstances that support an inference of discrimination' by plea… |
| 21-5859 |
Shikeb Saddozai v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-10-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence aedpa-statute brady-material certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prima-facie-case statute-of-limitations |
Whether Petitioner seeking a COA demonstrated a substantial showing of the denial of a Constitutional right |
| 21-359 |
Flomo Tealeh v. Ward County, North Dakota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-09-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
burden-shifting employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas prima-facie prima-facie-case protected-activity title-vii workplace-harassment |
Whether the standard for the second prong of a prima facie case of discrimination under the McDonnell Douglas v. Green's burden-shifting analysis is t… |
| 20-8015 |
Noel Brown v. Pennsylvania |
Third Circuit |
2021-05-13 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment intentional-discrimination prima-facie prima-facie-case title-vii |
Was decisions under Title VII also recognize that a person claiming that he has been the victim of intentional discrimination may make out a prima fac… |
| 20-1431 |
Charmell Brown v. Alex Jones, Acting Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
2021-04-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
batson-framework batson-v-kentucky jury-selection peremptory-strike pretext prima-facie-case prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination |
Whether a court may rely on factors apparent in the record to explain a prosecutor's seemingly discriminatory peremptory strike at Batson's first step |
| 20-7670 |
Faizah Dean v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, et al. |
California |
2021-04-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adverse-employment-action civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination due-process labor-discrimination prima-facie-case procedural-dismissal standing statutory-interpretation workers-compensation |
Question not identified |
| 20-790 |
Reginald Eric Sprowl v. Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2020-12-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
burden-of-proof burden-shifting civil-procedure civil-rights disparate-treatment employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas prima-facie-case summary-judgment |
Should the McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 (1978) burden shifting test remain a part of the summary judgment analysis? |
| 20-732 |
David Wyche v. Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
Second Circuit |
2020-11-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-review civil-rights due-process employee-rights employment-termination occupational-safety prima-facie-case termination whistleblower whistleblower-protection workplace-safety |
Under the OSH Act of 1970 Do I fit the criteria as a whistleblower |
| 20-617 |
California Virtual Academies v. California Public Employment Relations Board |
California |
2020-11-09 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
burden-of-proof constitutional-law due-process labor-relations prima-facie-case retaliation wright-line-test |
Whether California's Public Employment Relations Board may postpone consideration of employer evidence that contradicts a prima facie case of unlawful… |
| 20-6210 |
Deondre Arthur Staten v. Ronald Davis, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-11-04 |
Denied |
IFP |
federal-deference habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prima-facie-case state-court-procedure state-court-procedures strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Whether federal court deference to state court summary disposition of habeas claims includes deference to state court's established process and proced… |
| 20-5841 |
Gerard Nguedi v. Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
Second Circuit |
2020-09-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split civil-rights comparator-evidence disparate-treatment employment-discrimination employment-law equal-protection intentional-discrimination judicial-standard prima-facie-case similarly-situated-comparator |
Does a prima facie case of intentional discrimination require a judicial finding that the defendant gave more favorable treatment to a nearly identica… |
| 20-5790 |
Gerard Nguedi v. Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
Second Circuit |
2020-09-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split civil-rights comparator-evidence disparate-treatment employment-discrimination employment-law equal-protection intentional-discrimination judicial-finding prima-facie-case similarly-situated-comparator |
Does a prima facie case of intentional discrimination require a judicial finding that the defendant gave more favorable treatment to a nearly identica… |
| 20-200 |
Morgan McCoy v. Michael Bullock, et al. |
Ohio |
2020-08-20 |
Denied |
|
8th-amendment civil-procedure dismissal due-process evidence landlord-tenant-law prima-facie prima-facie-case racial-discrimination selective-enforcement standing |
Does pretrial court dismissing prima facie case before its evidence filing deadline constitute R.103(D) plain error in constitutional violation of due… |
| 19-8520 |
Justin Mohn v. Progressive Insurance |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-05-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights civil-rights-act discovery employment-discrimination pretext-plus pretext-plus-rule prima-facie-case summary-judgment title-vii |
Whether a prima facie case and pretext-plus proof of discriminatory animus is sufficient for discovery, summary judgment, or finding employment discri… |
| 19-1238 |
Lisa L. Watson v. Ryan McCarthy, Secretary of the Army |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-04-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
adverse-action adverse-employment-action agency-action civil-rights comparator comparator-evidence discriminatory-termination due-process employment hipaa-compliance performance-improvement-plan prima-facie-case |
Question not identified |
| 19-7744 |
Partha A. Rai Chowdhuri v. SGT, Inc., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-02-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
amendment-request civil-rights common-law due-process employment-discrimination fair-proceedings fourteenth-amendment fourth-circuit-review material-adverse-action prima-facie-case record-amendment seventh-amendment temporal-proximity |
Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in denying Petitioner's request to amend records and assert rights under the Seventh and Fourteenth Amendments |
| 19-7613 |
Wanda E. Smith-Jeter v. ArtSpace Everett Lofts Condominium Association, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights fair-housing-act prima-facie-case pro-se retaliation standing summary-judgment |
Does Petitioner, pro se, WANDA E.Smith-Jeter present a prima facie case for retaliation under the Fair Housing Act against the Respondents, ARTSPACE E… |
| 19-894 |
Michael Yamashita, et al. v. Scholastic Inc. |
Second Circuit |
2020-01-17 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split copyright-infringement copyright-ownership feist-publication feist-publications pleading-standard prima-facie-case second-circuit seventh-circuit third-circuit unauthorized-copying |
Did the Second Circuit err in holding that a complaint for copyright infringement must be dismissed unless it alleges particular facts showing specifi… |
| 19-7061 |
Charles Edward Smith v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-12-27 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky burden-shifting clearly-erroneous-standard jury-selection peremptory-challenge prima-facie-case racial-discrimination standard-of-review |
What is the standard of appellate review applicable to an adverse first-step Batson determination? |
| 19-745 |
Khalil Williams v. Housing Opportunities for Persons with Exceptionalities |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-12-11 |
Denied |
|
burden-of-proof burden-shifting circumstantial-evidence civil-rights comparator-evidence employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas prima-facie-case racial-discrimination summary-judgment title-vii |
What test should courts use in evaluating motions for summary judgment in discrimination cases when the evidence needed to establish a traditional McD… |
| 19-6537 |
Christopher Everson v. Theresa Lantz, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-11-07 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-rules final-judgment frivolous frivolous-standard hearing judicial-discretion prima-facie-case rule-60-motion rule-60(b)(6) standing |
Can the frivolous standard of Title 28 U.S. Code section 1915 (e) (2) (B) (i) and (ii) be applied to a subsequent appeal of a decision on a motion for… |
| 19-6331 |
Joseren Deshune Delancy v. Florida |
Florida |
2019-10-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
batson-framework Batson-v-Kentucky civil-rights constitutional-challenge equal-protection mccleskey-v-kemp prima-facie-case racial-discrimination sentencing sentencing-bias supreme-court-precedent |
Whether this Court should overrule McCleskey v. Kemp, 481 U.S. 279 (1987), and adopt the Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), framework |
| 19-269 |
Harold A. Flores v. Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. |
Second Circuit |
2019-08-29 |
Denied |
|
adverse-employment-action burden-of-proof civil-rights employment-discrimination employment-law evidence prima-facie-case quantum-of-evidence retaliation summary-judgment title-vii |
What quantum of evidence is sufficient to survive summary judgment on a Title VII retaliation claim? |
| 19-233 |
Eryon Luke v. CPlace Forest Park SNF, L.L.C., dba Nottingham Regional Rehab Center |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-08-22 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split civil-rights comparator comparator-standard due-process employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas pregnancy-discrimination pretext prima-facie prima-facie-case title-vii |
Whether the analysis applied by the Fifth Circuit as articulated in the Pre-Young decision of Brady vs. Office of the Sergeant at Arms 820 F.2d 490 (D… |
| 19-186 |
Leslie Moore Mira v. Argus Media, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2019-08-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights discrimination employment-discrimination employment-law hostile-work-environment nonconsensual-dissemination prima-facie prima-facie-case title-vii workplace-harassment |
Does such misconduct by an employer constitute a Title VII violation and create a prima facie hostile and discriminatory workplace? |
| 19-5192 |
Brenda Massaquoi v. American Credit Acceptance |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-07-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
burden-of-proof civil-rights discrimination employment-law hostile-work-environment intentional-discrimination national-origin prima-facie-case retaliation title-vii |
Is a plaintiff's prima facie case of discrimination because of race, national-origin and retaliation, combined with sufficient evidence for a reasonab… |
| 19-83 |
Veronica W. Ogunsula v. Staffing Now, Inc. |
District of Columbia |
2019-07-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
adea employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas prima-facie prima-facie-case staffing-agency temporary-employment title-vii |
How does the McDonnell Douglas framework apply in a Title VII and ADEA case involving temporary employment agencies? |
| 18-9710 |
Lee Turner, Jr. v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2019-06-18 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky civil-rights comparative-juror-analysis discrimination due-process equal-protection johnson-v-california jury-selection prima-facie-case prima-facie-discrimination prosecutorial-strikes racial-bias racial-discrimination standard-of-proof |
Whether mere statistics are sufficient to demonstrate a prima facie case of discrimination |
| 18-1473 |
Zelma Rivas v. New York State Lottery |
Second Circuit |
2019-05-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
abuse-of-discretion civil-rights continuing-violation discrimination due-process eeoc-charge employment-discrimination harassment hostile-work-environment prima-facie-case racial-discrimination retaliation statute-of-limitations Title-VII |
Continuing violation exception to Title VII limitation period |
| 18-8756 |
Jonathan S. Williams v. Dr. Kurk, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-04-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
appeal civil-procedure constitutional-rights dismissal due-process federal-procedure judicial-error prima-facie-case res-judicata standing |
Did the U.S.D.C. commit legal error by granting defendant's motion to dismiss under res judicata without allowing the appellant an opportunity to cont… |
| 18-8748 |
Dajuan A. Alridge v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
2019-04-09 |
GVR |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection jury-selection jury-unanimity juvenile-sentencing non-unanimous-jury prima-facie prima-facie-case racial-discrimination |
Whether statistics alone are sufficient to demonstrate a prima facie case of discrimination in the first step of a Batson analysis? |
| 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 |
Determining whether employer's failure to rebut prima facie case of discrimination mandates judgment for plaintiff |
| 18-8035 |
Loretta C. Adigun v. Express Scripts, Inc. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-20 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
ada ada-reasonable-accommodation,eeoc-right-to-sue,dis americans-with-disabilities-act eeoc eeoc-charge employment-discrimination prima-facie-case reasonable-accommodation right-to-sue social-security-administration |
Did Loretta C. Adigun neglect to satisfy the third prong of the prima facie case |
| 18-1047 |
Crystal Wade v. Florida Department of Juvenile Justice |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-02-11 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
disability-discrimination employment-law indefinite-leave medical-leave prima-facie-case qualified-individual reasonable-accommodation rehabilitation-act workers-compensation |
Whether a court of appeals ruling that denied a request for indefinite medical leave as a reasonable accommodation under the Rehabilitation Act underm… |
| 18-7536 |
Jason M. Reeves v. Darrell Vannoy, Warden |
Louisiana |
2019-01-24 |
Denied |
IFP |
batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strikes prima-facie-case racial-discrimination side-by-side-comparison voir-dire |
Whether the Petitioner has established a prima facie case that Batson v. Kentucky had been violated |
| 18-6214 |
Ricardo Rene Sanders v. Ron Davis, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-10-04 |
Denied |
Amici (1)IFP |
brady-violation brady-violations california-habeas cullen-v-pinholster death-row eighth-amendment evidentiary-hearing federal-habeas habeas-corpus materiality materiality-test ninth-circuit prima-facie-case prosecutorial-misconduct |
Whether the federal habeas courts should evaluate the summary denial of a California habeas petition based on whether the petitioner failed to allege … |
| 18-353 |
Tate Clark v. Southwest Airlines Company |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-09-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
anderson-v-liberty-lobby appellate-review causation-standard civil-procedure district-court evidence-standard factual-inferences fmla-retaliation genuine-issue-for-trial judicial-review mixed-motive pretext prima-facie-case standard-of-review summary-judgment |
Whether the District Court and Court of Appeals failed to view the evidence presented in conjunction with Respondent's motion for summary judgment in … |
| 18-5152 |
Rodney Howard v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2018-07-06 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky criminal-procedure equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strikes prima-facie prima-facie-case prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination |
Does a black defendant make a prima facie showing of discriminatory use of peremptory strikes under Batson's first step when he demonstrates that the … |