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Vidya Sagar v. Steven T. Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 18-5183 · judgment January 29, 2019

Certiorari denied · October 7, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.

Questions presented

  1. Whether the Petitioner can be terminated by committing acts of perjury? The amended complaint is for wrongful termination on account of statutory prohibited discriminations: Retaliation (42 USC §2000e-3, 42 USC §2000e-16), Age Discrimination in Employment Act (29 USC §633a), Harassment, and for Whistle blowing of wasteful expenses (5 USC §2302(b)(8)).

  2. Whether this is a “mixed” case under 29 CFR § 1614.302 (a)l Mixed Case Complaints, for the Probationary Petitioner?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Vidya Sagar

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 2 conferences

Orders
Order list, October 7, 2019 · Certiorari denied
Order list, November 25, 2019 · Rehearing denied

Proceedings

  1. Nov 25 2019
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Nov 06 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2019.
  3. Oct 31 2019
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Oct 07 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Aug 14 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
  6. Aug 06 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent Mnuchin, Steven T. to respond filed.
  7. Jul 23 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 28, 2019)