retaliation-claim

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25-6669 Ezequiel Rivera v. Nestle USA, Inc. Seventh Circuit 2026-01-29 Pending IFP circuit-split eeoc-charge hostile-environment pro-se-pleading retaliation-claim summary-judgment Whether federal courts violate Haines v. Kerner and create a de facto circuit split by narrowly construing pro se EEOC charges to include only checked…
24A719 Todd White v. ACell, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2025-01-22 Presumed Complete evidentiary-ruling false-claims-act jury-verdict pro-se-plaintiff retaliation-claim summary-judgment Whether a pro se plaintiff can challenge a jury verdict in a False Claims Act retaliation case without first moving for judgment as a matter of law or…
24-640 Patricia A. Allen v. Scott Bessent, Secretary of the Treasury District of Columbia 2024-12-12 Denied Response Waived causation-standard due-process employment-discrimination jury-instructions retaliation-claim title-vii Whether a trial court abused its discretion by providing jury instructions that omitted Title VII discrimination claims and applied different causatio…
24-5149 Brandy Thompson v. Lloyd J. Austin, III, Secretary of Defense, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-07-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada-discrimination ada-rehabilitation-act-burden-shifting-qualified-i burden-shifting disability-rights employment-discrimination reasonable-accommodation retaliation-claim Did the lower court correctly apply the burden-shifting framework in assessing the plaintiff's discrimination and retaliation claims under the America…
23-1238 Chinyere Ogbonna-McGruder v. Austin Peay State University, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-05-24 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights color-of-state-law employment-law hostile-work-environment motion-to-amend motion-to-dismiss notice-pleading reasonable-person retaliation retaliation-claim Whether Petitioner's claim for retaliation required her to prove she suffered severe or pervasive conduct by her supervisor rather than conduct which …
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 Under what circumstances should an employer's response to an employee's complaint about a protected characteristic warrant documentation, investigatio…
22-1211 Uvaldo Guzman v. Skinner C. Sturgis, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-06-14 Denied Response Waived causation causation-element civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference due-process government-officials retaliation retaliation-claim subjective-intent taunts Whether government officials' statements of intent to continue violating an individual's constitutional rights can establish subjective intent for del…
22-571 United States and Michigan, ex rel. Mohamad Sy, et al. v. Oakland Physicians Medical Center, LLC, dba Pontiac General Hospital, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-12-20 Denied civil-procedure dismissal dismissal-without-prejudice false-claims-act qui-tam retaliation-claim service-of-process statute-of-limitations Whether a district court may decline a discretionary extension of time to effect service and, in effect, dismiss with prejudice a relator's individual…
22-66 Keith Kreszowski v. FCA US, LLC, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-07-25 Denied Response Waived americans-with-disabilities-act causal-connection disability-discrimination disability-perception job-relatedness medical-exam medical-examination pretext pretext-standard retaliation-claim summary-judgment When does an employer cross the line from permissive but subjective request for a medical exam to an impermissible exam that evidences a perception of…
21-7877 James Adeyemi v. Maryland, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-05-16 Denied IFP americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights discrimination-claim due-process eleventh-amendment public-safety-department retaliation-claim sovereign-immunity state-employees state-sovereign-immunity Does the Eleventh amendment bar claims of retaliation or discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act?
21-1387 Erik Leckner v. General Dynamics Information Technology, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-04-27 Denied Response Waived 2nd-amendment administrative-law brown-vs-board civil-rights cybersecurity-risk due-process free-speech retaliation-claim sarbanes-oxley standing whistleblower-protection Whether the court of appeals failed to recognize that SOX whistleblower protections does extend to cybersecurity risks and breaches
21-1077 Yacaira Reyes v. Westchester County Health Care Corporation, dba Westchester Medical Center, et al. Second Circuit 2022-02-03 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination discrimination-claim due-process election-of-remedies employment hostile-work-environment plausibility-standard retaliation retaliation-claim time-bar Whether the election of remedies and New York City impact doctrines barred Plaintiff's NYSHRL and NYCHRL claims
21-933 Vdare Foundation v. City of Colorado Springs, Colorado Tenth Circuit 2021-12-23 Denied 42-usc-1983 civil-rights first-amendment free-speech government-action hate-speech municipal-services retaliation retaliation-claim section-1983 Whether a complaint based on a local government's public announcement that the plaintiff's speech may be illegal 'hate speech' and that, therefore, th…
21-799 Kenneth Pritchard v. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Fourth Circuit 2021-11-30 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure effective-date employment-law national-defense-authorization-act ndaa-provision protected-activities retaliation retaliation-claim retroactivity statutory-interpretation whistleblower-protection Whether whistleblower provision of the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) protects employees from retaliation occurring after the provisio…
21-613 Jeffrey Isaacs v. USC Keck School of Medicine, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-10-27 Denied Response Waived adverse-employment-action civil-rights civil-rights-act employment-action medical-student ninth-circuit rehabilitation-act retaliation retaliation-claim standing title-vi Whether a student can state a retaliation claim under Section 504 and Title VI
21-522 Michael Simko v. United States Steel Corporation Third Circuit 2021-10-08 Denied administrative-exhaustion administrative-procedure civil-action civil-rights eeoc eeoc-charge employment employment-discrimination retaliation retaliation-claim title-vii Whether a claim of unlawful retaliation for filing an EEOC charge can be addressed in a civil action without a second formal administrative charge
21-5780 Omari H. Patton v. Crystal Kimble Fourth Circuit 2021-09-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP bivens-action civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment prison-litigation-reform-act retaliation-claim special-factors-doctrine standing Can federal prisoners use a Bivens action for a First Amendment retaliation claim?
21-138 Luz González-Bermúdez v. Abbott Laboratories P.R. Inc., et al. First Circuit 2021-08-02 Denied adverse-employment-action age-discrimination comparator-evidence employer-defense employment employment-discrimination jury-inference jury-verdict pretext retaliation retaliation-claim Whether comparator evidence can support an inference of discrimination if the plaintiff and comparators do not share the same position, duties, and su…
20-1526 Warnock Engineering, L.L.C., et al. v. Canton Municipal Utilities Fifth Circuit 2021-05-03 Denied civil-procedure due-process federal-pleading-standards first-amendment johnson-v-shelby pleading-standards quantum-meruit retaliation-claim standing summary-judgment Whether the Court of Appeals' decision affirming the dismissal of Petitioners' quantum meruit claim due to alleged inadequate pleading should be revie…
20-1294 Simon Campbell, et al. v. Pennsylvania School Boards Association, et al. Third Circuit 2021-03-17 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) 42-u-s-c-1983 civil-rights first-amendment free-speech petitioning petitioning-immunity retaliation retaliation-claim sham-litigation state-action state-actors Are state actors entitled to petitioning immunity for a First Amendment retaliation claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983?
19-1393 Rachelle Davis v. American Airlines, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-06-18 Denied Response Waived actor civil-rights different-retaliatory-conduct eeoc-charge employment-discrimination lack-of-merit merit pro-se-complaint protected-activity reasonable-accommodation retaliation retaliation-claim same-actor statute-of-limitations timeliness untimely-complaint Does protection against retaliation apply even if the original complaint or charge was untimely or was found to lack merit when initiated by the same …
19-1262 Steven Eric Greer v. Dennis Mehiel, et al. Second Circuit 2020-04-30 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights final-policymaking-authority first-amendment government-entity government-liability monell monell-claim monell-v-department-of-social-services petition press probable-cause retaliation retaliation-claim rule-60-motion Did the lower courts misapprehend Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach, Fla. and Greer v. Mehiel?
19-1217 Scottie A. Bagi, et al. v. City of Parma, Ohio Sixth Circuit 2020-04-15 Denied 42-usc-1988 attorney-fees christiansburg-garment civil-rights discretionary-standard due-process first-amendment free-speech public-employee retaliation retaliation-claim summary-judgment Whether the District Court abused its discretion in its application of the standards set forth in Christiansburg Garment Co. v. EEOC, 434 U.S. 412 (19…
19-8012 Tatyana Evgenievna Drevaleva v. Alameda Health System, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-03-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP amended-complaint diversity-jurisdiction diversity-of-citizenship fair-labor-standards-act government-agency governmental-agency governmental-investigation labor-code retaliation retaliation-claim statute-of-limitations unlawful-termination Shall the District Court toll the statute of limitations under the FLSA
19-535 Patricia A. Flowers v. Connecticut Light and Power Company Second Circuit 2019-10-23 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1981 42-usc-2000e civil-rights eeoc employment-discrimination employment-law federal-rules-of-civil-procedure racial-discrimination racial-discrimination-retaliation-claims retaliation-claim standard-of-review summary-judgment title-vii Whether Flowers proffered sufficient evidence in support of her prima facie case of racial-discrimination,retaliation,title-vii,42-usc-1981
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 Has the McDonnell Douglas framework been fatally undermined and petitioner's right to a jury trial denied?
18-9007 Nicholas D. Weir v. Montefiore Medical Center, et al. Second Circuit 2019-04-26 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act-of-1964 district-court employment-discrimination frcp-rule-60(b) frcp-rule-61 frcp-rule-62.1 harmless-error retaliation retaliation-claim rule-60b substantial-rights Does a district court judge's misunderstanding of the initial timeline that establishes a retaliation claim (under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e) not considered a…
18-8926 Donald C. Jackson v. Priye T. Mukoro, et al. Texas 2019-04-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights de-minimis due-process first-amendment qualified-immunity retaliation retaliation-claim summary-judgment Whether the Court of Appeals for the First District Texas reversibly erred when it reversed the Judgment of the trial court and rendered judgment gran…
18-967 Marisol Micheo-Acevedo v. Stericycle of Puerto Rico, Inc. First Circuit 2019-01-25 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process employment-discrimination first-circuit jury-trial retaliation retaliation-claim summary-judgment supervisory-power Whether the First Circuit deprived Petitioner of her constitutional right to a jury trial
18-830 Township of Millburn, New Jersey, et al. v. Michael J. Palardy, Jr. Third Circuit 2019-01-03 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (4) circuit-conflict circuit-split civil-rights connick-v-myers constitutional-rights first-amendment public-employee retaliation retaliation-claim union-association Whether the Connick framework applies to public employee retaliation claims based on union association