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Katherine Jacobs v. Johnson Storage & Moving Co. Holdings, LLC

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 20-1545 · judgment November 12, 2020


Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Question presented

  1. Whether the district court did not uphold F.R.C.P. Rule 56, Rule 60(b) and the Supreme Court’s summary judgment standards when weighing and dismissing evidence of fraud, unlawful FLSA violations, withheld evidence and penury that bear heavily on the merits of the case thereby dismissing genuine issues of material facts?

  2. Whether the district court’s reliance on the defendant’s Employee Handbook stating that “employees may work overtime only with prior approval” violated CFR § 778.316, when no evidence of an overtime approval process exists?

  3. Whether administrative errors [lost motions and petitions within the courthouse] alteredjtha.putcome of the plaintiffs lawsuit and ultimately her appeal?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Katherine Jacobs

For respondent
Patricia J Martin
Littler Mendelson, P.C.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 07 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Jun 30 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Johnson Storage & Moving Co. Holdings, LLC to respond filed.
  4. Apr 30 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 12, 2021)