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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-7320 Darrin Espinosa v. Contra Costa County, California Ninth Circuit 2024-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada americans-with-disabilities-act disability-rights employment-discrimination essential-functions job-performance reasonable-accommodation termination termination-of-employment workers-compensation Does a disabled person have the right to perform a job even though he does not need accommodations to perform all essential functions of the job?
23-6773 Rita R. Smith v. Mount Sinai Hospital, et al. Second Circuit 2024-02-16 Denied IFP administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination evidence-suppression labor-relations termination termination-dispute workplace-policies workplace-retaliation Why was I not allowed to submit proof of where & when job assignment
23A750 E.R. v. Colorado, In the Interest of S.M. and E.M., Children Colorado 2024-02-15 Presumed Complete dependency-and-neglect domestic-violence mental-health parental-rights substance-abuse termination Whether a state court can terminate parental rights based on historical substance abuse, domestic violence, and mental health concerns without providi…
23-836 Samer Ali-Hasan v. St. Peter's Health Partners Medical Associates, P.C., et al. Second Circuit 2024-02-05 Denied adverse-employment-action civil-rights due-process employment employment-discrimination retaliation sex-discrimination termination title-vii wrongful-termination Does an employer violate Title VII when it terminates a physician's employment based on an accusation of sex discrimination that the employer knows is…
23-6604 Nicole Johnson v. Massachusetts Department of Children and Families Massachusetts 2024-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 7th-amendment best-interests child-custody due-process jury-trial massachusetts-rule-38 parental-rights sua-sponte termination termination-of-parental-rights Whether the petitioner's right to due process and 7th amendment right and Massachusetts rule 38 Jury Trial of Right was violated
23-5866 James Allen Brickley, Jr. v. Marie Laurence Gloria Joseph-Stephen Texas 2023-10-24 Denied IFP best-interest best-interest-standard civil-procedure due-process evidentiary-sufficiency judicial-discretion parental-rights pro-se-litigation standing termination termination-proceedings Sufficiency of evidence to terminate parental rights
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…
22-6635 Adrian Weatherspoon v. Amazon Tennessee 2023-01-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP bonus-compensation civil-procedure employment-contract job-performance password-sharing procedural-fairness termination workplace-rights Did Amazon properly compensate Mr. Weatherspoon for his job performance?
22-6287 Ashley Y. (Yoo Hyang) Kim v. Public Schools of Brookline, et al. First Circuit 2022-12-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process employment fourth-amendment legal-representation privacy-rights school-search student-surveillance termination Whether the petitioner's termination from employment was unlawful due to discrimination based on nationality, age, gender status, and lack of legal re…
22-446 Cheryl Prince-Moore v. Texas Dow Employees Credit Union Fifth Circuit 2022-11-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights due-process employee-rights employment employment-termination family-medical-leave-act fmla-rights health-benefits job-protection statutory-violation termination workplace-discrimination Whether an employer's immediate termination of an employee's employment without any prior offense or communication violates the Family and Medical Lea…
22-74 Allen Patterson v. City of New York, New York, et al. New York 2022-07-27 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-service civil-service-commission government-agency misconduct ny-statute resignation termination voluntary-resignation Is it legal for a government agency to convert an accepted voluntary resignation into a termination for misconduct?
22-15 Sean David Duckett, Sr. v. Jefferson Parish Department of Public Works-Streets Louisiana 2022-07-06 Denied Response Waived civil-service civil-service-board classified-employees constitutional-rights due-process employee-termination loudermill notice-requirement personnel-rules pre-deprivation-notice procedural-due-process termination whether-jefferson-parish-personnel-rules-comport-with-due-process
21-7085 Kristina Merle Larson v. American Home Products, Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories Fourth Circuit 2022-02-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada-compliance disability-discrimination employment-discrimination interactive-process medical-confidentiality psychiatric-disability reasonable-accommodation retaliation termination workplace-retaliation Why is it okay for the defendant to completely ignore the plaintiff's request for a reasonable accommodation?
21-781 NVS Technologies, Inc. v. Department of Homeland Security Federal Circuit 2021-11-24 Denied administrative-law consideration contract-law contract-termination due-process federal-agency funding-limitation good-faith good-faith-dealing government-contracts termination Can a federal agency refuse to allot available funds to an incrementally funded contract for any reason or no reason, and so terminate that contract, …
21-672 Steven B. Barger v. First Data Corporation Second Circuit 2021-11-05 Denied cost-savings employee-rights employer-obligations employment-rights fmla fmla-restoration leave-of-absence restoration-entitlement statutory-interpretation termination Whether the FMLA prohibits an employer from refusing to restore an employee to work when the employee has timely requested restoration and satisfied a…
21-573 John L. Roseman, Sr. v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-10-20 Denied civil-rights collateral-estoppel disability disability-rights due-process employment employment-discrimination pro-se-litigation second-amendment termination Whether courts below relitigated issues of disability, legitimate termination, and medical advice contrary to collateral estoppel
21-286 Abeba Mekonnen v. OTG Management, LLC, et al. First Circuit 2021-08-26 Denied Response Waived discrimination-claims employee-manual employment-laws employment-termination fair-pay-act ledbetter-fair-pay-act mystery-shopper mystery-shopper-report performance-evaluation procedural-due-process termination wage-hour-law Whether employers can terminate employees based on a 'Mystery Shopper Score'
21-123 Marguerite T. Martin v. Teleperformance Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-29 Denied Response Waived americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability disability-rights employment employment-discrimination medical-condition privacy reasonable-accommodation security-breach termination wrongful-termination Whether the plaintiff's anemia condition and privacy concerns were properly considered in the termination of her employment due to a security breach
20-8379 Anthony Donell Johnson v. Rowan Helping Ministries Fourth Circuit 2021-06-22 Denied IFP civil-rights district-court due-process employment evidence-review job-performance performance-evaluation pretext summary-judgment termination workplace-dispute Did the district Court err in not acknowledging evidence presented by petitioner to demonstrate satisfactory job performance, through outstanding job …
20-7595 Randy T. Thomas v. Steve Stanson, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-03-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights disability disability-rights due-process employment employment-termination family-medical-leave-act fmla-leave medical-leave termination workplace-discrimination Whether the Petitioner's protections under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) were violated by the termination of employment without due process …
20-6956 H. Denise Stuart v. Erickson Living Management, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-01-27 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process elder-care employment employment-discrimination investigation-procedures retaliation termination whistleblower workplace-retaliation wrongful-termination When Erickson Living Communities suspended me for nine days to investigate intentionally false accusations of elderly abuse and found no grounds to su…
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
20-5231 S. T., et al. v. Vermont Department for Children and Families, et al. Vermont 2020-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP best-interests-of-the-child child-welfare constitutional-error due-process family-law harmless-error parental-rights termination Whether the State of Vermont may apply the 'reasonable probability' harmless error standard in assessing due process error in a termination of parenta…
19-8717 Lance E. Felton v. City of Jackson, Mississippi Fifth Circuit 2020-06-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability-accommodation disability-rights employment-discrimination interactive-process post-traumatic-stress-disorder pretext reasonable-accommodation termination Whether the City of Jackson, Mississippi failed to accommodate Lance Felton's disability pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act
19-8010 Joseph Chhim v. City of Houston, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-03-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-procedure burden-of-proof civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination hiring-process job-referral performance-review pre-qualification prequalification termination Whether Appellant was discriminated against in the initial prequalification process?
19-7943 J. H. v. E. R. S. Colorado 2020-03-11 Denied IFP appellate-review child-custody constitutional-facts constitutional-liberty de-novo-review due-process equal-protection parental-rights plain-error structural-error termination termination-of-parental-rights Whether the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses require application of the plain error doctrine and independent de novo review of constitutional …
19-7584 Vina Yazzie v. Mohave County, Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process employment employment-discrimination equal-protection termination title-vii zero-tolerance When was Ms. Yazzie hired into the Mohave County?
19-853 Sandra R., et al. v. Arizona Department of Child Safety Arizona 2020-01-06 Denied Response Waived child-custody clear-and-convincing-evidence constitutional-standard due-process family-law parental-rights state-action state-intervention termination Whether the Due Process Clause requires a State to allege and prove a parent's unfitness by clear and convincing evidence to terminate parental rights
19-7065 Carrie A. Braspenick v. Johnson Law PLC Michigan 2019-12-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attorney-client-relationship civil-procedure contract contract-law court-judgment judgment legal-ethics legal-representation order professional-ethics statute-of-limitations termination Can an attorney terminate the attorney-client relationship prior to the Circuit Court issuing a JUDGMENT/Order in the client's case?
19-717 Michael J. Sands v. Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General Sixth Circuit 2019-12-06 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process employment employment-discrimination equal-protection medical-diagnosis medical-fraud mental-health postal-service termination Did the United States Postal Service violate my Constitutional Rights when the Postal Service chose my mental diagnosis (difference of Medical Opinion…
19-621 Thomas F. Sweeney v. Merit Systems Protection Board Fourth Circuit 2019-11-14 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure adverse-personnel-action agency-decision-making air-traffic-control civil-rights due-process employment-law federal-employment merit-systems-protection-board mspb personnel-action termination Is a final decision to terminate the training of a FAA Air Traffic Control Specialist — In Training employee by FAA management a reduction in grade or…
19-586 Devona Hollingsworth v. Department of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied due-process employment-rights federal-employment merit-systems-protection-board military-service opm-regulations probationary-period reemployment-rights termination uniformed-services userra Are USERRA's reemployment rights applicable to federal employees during their probationary period?
19-467 Chixapkaid Donald Michael Pavel v. University of Oregon, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-10-09 Denied Response Waived confrontation cross-examination due-process employment-rights public-university sexual-harassment tenure termination union Do due-process rights include confronting and cross-examining accuser?
18-9223 Michael R. Gamble v. Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Sixth Circuit 2019-05-10 Denied IFP ada-claims americans-with-disabilities-act animus civil-rights disability disability-discrimination disability-discrimination-claims due-process employment-termination federal-jurisdiction intentional-discrimination standing termination workers-compensation Whether Plaintiff's sustained muscular atrophy rendered him disabled under the Americans with Disabilities Act
18-7315 James Gregory Armistead v. Jennie Bowen, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-01-09 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights contracts-clause criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto fourth-amendment hearing-rights informal-hearing program-eligibility termination Whether the trial court and administrative agency denied petitioner due process and equal protection rights by terminating him from a program without …
18-7014 Muriel Collins v. Alan B. Epstein, et al. Third Circuit 2018-12-12 Denied IFP arbitration arbitration-hearing civil-rights code-of-conduct criminal-justice due-process employment employment-dispute last-chance-agreement retaliation termination termination-procedures whistleblower workplace-discrimination wrongful-termination Why was Plaintiff issued disciplinary actions for following Defendants' code-of-conduct and absolute-relief-procedures?
18-634 Aed El-Saba v. University of South Alabama Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-15 Denied appellate-review civil-procedure employment-discrimination national-origin-discrimination pretext pretext-analysis retaliation summary-judgment supervisory-power termination Whether the appellate court erred in affirming the district court's grant of summary judgment despite the district court's failure to properly analyze…
18-6160 Kevin R. Carmody v. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2018-10-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP bias civil-procedure cross-examination due-process employment hearing-officer involuntary-termination post-termination-proceedings privileged-document procedural-fairness public-employee public-employment standing termination Did the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit err in finding Plaintiff bowed out of the post-termination proceedings?
18-6074 Crystal Nicole Kuri v. Kansas Department of Labor, Employment Security Board of Review Kansas 2018-09-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights college discharge due-process employment suspension termination Whether the college's termination of the employee's employment violated the employee's due process rights
18-5920 Ronnie R. Rolland v. Carnation Building Services, Inc. Tenth Circuit 2018-09-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP ada-accommodation civil-procedure civil-rights disability-rights discrimination due-process employment employment-discrimination judicial-estoppel misconduct-claims reasonable-accommodation retaliation standing subject-matter-jurisdiction termination Whether the appeals court ruling conflicts with previous Supreme Court decisions on important matters and cannot survive application of the correct le…