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Marisol Micheo-Acevedo v. Stericycle of Puerto Rico, Inc.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, No. 17-1431 · judgment July 27, 2018


Certiorari denied · March 4, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Question presented

A. Whether the First Circuit deprived Petitioner of her constitutional right to a jury trial when it massaged the facts in violation of Rule 56 and , thus, dismissed her employment discrimination and retaliation claims. B. Whether this Court should exercise its supervisory power and provide effective means to hold lower courts accountable by requiring them to spell out their analysis regarding whether genuine issues exist, as a prerequisite to granting summary judgment. C. In the alternative, whether the First Circuit's massaging of the facts and misapprehension of the governing standard warrants summary reversal.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Juan Rafael Gonzalez-Munoz
Gonzalez-Munoz Law Offices, P.S.C.

For respondent
Tacy Fletcher Flint
Sidley Austin LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
18A493

Proceedings

  1. Mar 04 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 13 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/1/2019.
  3. Feb 05 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent Stericycle of Puerto Rico, Inc. to respond filed.
  4. Jan 22 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 25, 2019)
  5. Dec 07 2018
    Application (18A493) granted by Justice Breyer extending the time to file until January 22, 2019.
  6. Dec 05 2018
    Application (18A493) to extend further the time from December 21, 2018 to January 20, 2019, submitted to Justice Breyer.
  7. Nov 07 2018
    Application (18A493) granted by Justice Breyer extending the time to file until December 21, 2018.
  8. Oct 26 2018
    Application (18A493) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 21, 2018 to December 21, 2018, submitted to Justice Breyer.