Supreme Court of the United States · Official docket →
Todd A. English v. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 18-50530 · judgment June 19, 2019
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
I. Did the Court(s) err in its discretion in applying the standard for “plausible cause for relief,” as it relates to dismissing a claim during pretrial mo tions when applied to Title VII and ADEA com plaints)? II. First, Fifth and Sixth Amendments, should the Court consider “violations of the law(s),” specifi cally “due process,” when determining “plausible cause for relief” when applied to Title VII and ADEA claims? III. Did the Court err in its discretion when it allowed English’s Attorney of Record to withdraw after only providing a “conclusory statement”? IV. Did the Court err in its discretion when it failed to consider “temporal proximity,” as it relates to Ker’s conclusory statement, when it allowed him to withdraw from this case? V. Sixth Amendment, was the USDA “investigation” I] <V of part of Attorney Ker’s representational responsibil ities as it relates to English’s third EEO complaint? VI. Did the investigation the USDA conducted against English violate my constitutional rights under the First, Fifth and Sixth Amendments? VII. Is evidence submitted into the docket part of the same case, and not just items submitted in the “original complaint”? Vm. First, Fifth and Sixth Amendments, is it legal for the Department of Justice to represent an agency, who’s managers have violated the Civil Rights of a Federal Employee who has Constitutional guar antees of Due Process of the law(s)?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Todd A. English
For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day
Proceedings
- Mar 30 2020Petition DENIED.
- Mar 11 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/27/2020.
- Mar 06 2020Waiver of right of respondent Perdue, Sonny to respond filed.
- Feb 03 2020Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 6, 2020)
- Dec 12 2019Application (19A652) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until February 3, 2020.
- Dec 05 2019Application (19A652) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 5, 2019 to February 3, 2020, submitted to Justice Alito.