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R. S. Raghavendra v. Jane E. Booth, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 17-3816 · judgment May 17, 2018


Certiorari denied · March 25, 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

Even before Petitioner could file his Appeal Brief and list his questions for review, on May 17, 2018, an "Attorney-Disqualification" Motion Panel of the Second Circuit -- in the context of denying his meritorious motion to disqualify the Respondent's recently retained, criminally-charged, and alreadybeing-sued attorney Gregg Mashberg for aiding and abetting the recently discovered Elaborate Perjury! Fraud/(At Least $320,000) Bribery/Extortion Scheme masterminded by Petitioner's own out-going/one-ofsix-cases/client-betraying attorney Louis D. Stober -- revoked the Petitioner's "Right to Appeal" sua sponte and summarily dismissed the Petitioner's already pending all four related appeals without any briefing or oral arguments whatsoever and by improperly disregarding all appellate procedures. The THREE questions presented are as follows: (1) Whether, after this U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, 138, S. Ct. 42 (2017), the jurisdiction-lacking district judge's dismissal of Petitioner's 2017 EEOC authorized continuing illegal retaliation claims without allowing for expressly agreed arbitration for establishment of the first Anti-Discrimination "Minority Employees Association" at the 265- years old Ivy League university, even though Petitioner did not initiate any $200 MILLION DOLLARS Class Action in compliance with the 2009 Arbitration Contract, is a violation of the Federal Arbitration Act and or violation of Title VII of the Civil Right Act and or the

Counsel of record

For petitioner
R.S. Raghavendra

For respondent
Gregg M. Mashberg
Proskauer, Rose, et al.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Mar 25 2019
    Petition DENIED. Justice Sotomayor took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  2. Mar 06 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2019.
  3. Feb 21 2019
    Waiver of right of respondents Jane E. Booth, Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, Lee Bollinger, Robert Kasdin, William Scott, Joseph Ienuso, Karen Fry and Susan Rieger to respond filed.
  4. Feb 13 2019
    Waiver of Jane E. Booth, Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, Lee Bollinger, Robert Kasdin, William Scott, Joseph Ienuso, Karen Fry and Susan Rieger of right to respond not accepted for filing. (April 02, 2019 -- Corrected version to be submitted)
  5. Sep 22 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 1, 2019)