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Michael J. Sands v. Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 18-2186 · judgment March 13, 2019

Certiorari denied · January 21, 2020

Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Questions presented

Did the United States Postal Service violate my Constitutional Rights when the Postal Service chose my mental diagnosis (difference of Medical Opin ion between my psychiatrist and their contract psychi atrist) and then forced me to take anti-psychotic medication(s) and receive treatment for a mental con dition that I do not have as a condition of my further employment with the Postal Service, denying me my due process and equality under law, which resulted in the sole reas on of my termination and loss of my home?
Does this Court find that making false and purposeful misleading statements to a Psychiatrist to be a form of Medical Fraud, when those statements are used by the Psychiatrist to diagnose a person with a mental disability?

For petitioner
Michael J. Sands

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Jan 21 2020
Petition DENIED.
Dec 30 2019
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2020.
Dec 23 2019
Waiver of right of respondent Brennan, Megan to respond filed.
Sep 30 2019
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 6, 2020)