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Richard Natofsky v. City of New York
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 17-2757 · judgment April 18, 2019
Certiorari denied · April 20, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether the Americans with Disabilities Act permits employees to proceed under a mixed-motive causation standard before the burden shifts to employers to ultimately prove that a non-disability based reason was the but-for cause of the adverse employment action.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Michael L. Foreman
Penn State Law - Civil Rights Appellate Clinic
For respondent
Richard Paul Dearing
City of New York
Proceedings
- Apr 20 2020Petition DENIED.
- Mar 25 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2020.
- Mar 20 2020Reply of petitioner Richard Natofsky filed.
- Mar 05 2020Brief of respondent City of New York in opposition filed.
- Jan 03 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 5, 2020.
- Dec 30 2019Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 9, 2020, to March 5, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
- Dec 06 2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 9, 2020)
- Sep 30 2019Application (19A349) granted by Justice Ginsburg extending the time to file until December 6, 2019.
- Sep 25 2019Application (19A349) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 7, 2019 to December 6, 2019, submitted to Justice Ginsburg.