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Tom Domingo, Sr. v. Department of the Army, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 18-2062 · judgment January 22, 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

  1. Did the U.S. Court of Appeals obstruct justice by ignoring or usurping the U.S. Supreme Court ruling of Kloeckner v. Solis Secretary of Labor federal courts i hearing mixed cases.

  2. Is the U.S. District Court exempt from using the Paper Reduction Act (PRA) by following federal rules of procedure by ordering that the U.S. agency or department get three certified copies of the case being appealed to district court even after agency sends email stating they do not need a copy thus complying with the PRA.

  3. Does the U.S. District Court have jurisdiction to hear mixed cases of age discrimination and veteran’s preference for Vietnam and Vietnam Era veterans the VRA.

  4. Did the federal government have the right to have a Reduction in Force (RIF) and fire the plaintiff who was part of the Flight Service Air Traffic Control­ lers who were fired in 2005 and not use veterans pref­ erence.

  5. Since both courts district and appeals courts obstructed justice by not following the ruling of the Kloeckner v. Solis case from the supreme court the fil­ ing fees should be returned.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Tom Domingo Sr.

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Linked docket
19M21, 18A1177

Proceedings

  1. Jan 21 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 30 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2020.
  3. Dec 23 2019
    Waiver of right of respondent Department of the Army, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Oct 07 2019
    Motion (19M21) for leave to proceed as a veteran Denied.
  5. Jul 17 2019
    MOTION (19M21) DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
  6. Jun 25 2019
    Motion (19M21) for leave to proceed as a veteran filed.
  7. Jun 25 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 9, 2020)
  8. May 16 2019
    Application (18A1177) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until August 15, 2019.
  9. May 03 2019
    Application (18A1177) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 16, 2019 to August 15, 2019, submitted to The Chief Justice.