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Rogerio S. Tavares v. Enterprise Rent-A-Car-Company of Rhode Island

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, No. 17-1023 · judgment December 19, 2017


Certiorari denied · October 1, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

The Petitioner presents issues herein that have a great impact upon public policy, that is the burden of proof necessary to allege sexual harassment, hostile work environment and wrongful termination based on race, nationality, disability, and color in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §2000(e) et seq., more specifically when there is a series of bad acts. The lower courts misapplied the holding of Cruz v. Mattis, 861 F.3d 22 (ist Cir. 2017). WHETHER THIS COURT MUST APPLY STRICT SCRUTINY IN REVIEWING THE LOWER COURTS' DECISIONS AFTER DEVIATING FROM APPLICABLE CASE AND STATUTORY LAW AND DISMISSING A TITLE VII COMPLAINT AGAINST AN EMPLOYER AFTER THE PETITIONER PRESENTED A SERIES OF BAD ACTS CREATING A HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT RESULTING IN HIS TERMINATION IN VIOLATION OF HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Rogerio S. Tavares

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 01 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 20 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
  3. Apr 09 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 4, 2018)