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Jill Meyer v. Robert Wilkie, Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 17-993 · judgment January 19, 2018

Certiorari denied · May 29, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability (95% interval 3%–8%)

Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Second Circuit decision below, a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and counsel who has filed here before.

Questions presented

  1. Whether a “former employer” can be treated as a “current employer” for the causation test under a Title VII retaliation claim.

  2. Whether denying an applicant employment, based upon criteria not announced as a requirement for the position, is valid.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Alan E. Wolin
Wolin & Wolin

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Subject area
Civil Rights (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, May 29, 2018 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. May 29 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 08 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/24/2018.
  3. May 01 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent Robert Wilkie, Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs to respond filed.
  4. Apr 12 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 16, 2018)