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Sybil Little v. CSRA, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 17-13887 · judgment August 15, 2018


Certiorari denied · April 15, 2019
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

An EEOC Complaint should not be "strictly interpreted" due process of law should be administered for evidence to be given to the court; contradictions within the rulings of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals should be addressed and interpreted by the Supreme Court. The question presented: How should a court handle an EEOC Complaint? What information should be formally on the Complaint for the court to review? The United States Supreme Court has decided the definition of a "supervisor" for purposes of assessing liability for unlawful harassment under Title VII should be "when the employer has empowered that employee to take tangible employment actions against the victim, i.e. to effect "significant change in employment status, such as hiring, firing, failing to promote, reassignment with significantly different responsibilities, a decision causing a significant change in benefits." The question presented: When a person with the title of "supervisor" or "manager" creates a hostile work environment by further sexually harassing an employee should the company and supervisor be held responsible personally and financially? When the management of a company knows an employee has created a hostile work environment against a fellow employee should the company be held responsible?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Sybil Little

For respondent
Frank Daniel Wood Jr.
The Kullman Firm

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. May 20 2019
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Apr 30 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2019.
  3. Apr 25 2019
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Apr 15 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Mar 27 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
  6. Mar 08 2019
    Brief of respondents CRSA, et al. in opposition filed.
  7. Nov 15 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 11, 2019)