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Keith Y. Arakaki v. Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 17-15885 · judgment June 12, 2019


Certiorari denied · January 27, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

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

Question presented

(i) Whether the four discrete events Petitioner raised in opposing Respondents’ Motion for Summary Judgment constituted adverse actions in accordance with the spirit and intent of Title VII retaliations claims, a remedial statute? (ii) Whether Petitioner raised sufficient evidence of pretext to defeat Respondents’ Motion for Summary Judgment?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Shawn Anthony Luiz
Shawn A. Luiz, Attorney at Law

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 27 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 08 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2020.
  3. Dec 30 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent Brennan, Megan, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Dec 04 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 8, 2020)