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Leslie Moore Mira v. Argus Media, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 17-1929 · judgment September 25, 2018


Certiorari denied · October 7, 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 estimated 10 million or 4% of US internet users have been threatened with or experienced the posting of explicit intimate images without their consent. The consequences for the subject can devastate and create extreme emotional distress. Forty-five states and Washington, DC, have enacted or proposed laws penalizing the nonconsensual dissemination of sexually graphic images. Questions presented are: Does such misconduct by an employer constitute a Title VII violation and create a prima facie hostile and discriminatory workplace? Did the Second Circuit and district court err in case dismissal?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Leslie Moore Mira

For respondent
Jeanne C. Barenholtz
Garvey Schubert Barer

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
18A1049

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 28 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
  3. Aug 14 2019
    Waiver of right of respondents Argus Media, et al. to respond filed.
  4. May 23 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 11, 2019)
  5. Apr 11 2019
    Application (18A1049) granted by Justice Ginsburg extending the time to file until May 23, 2019.
  6. Apr 08 2019
    Application (18A1049) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 18, 2019 to May 23, 2019, submitted to Justice Ginsburg.