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Fenyang Stewart v. Wilbur L. Ross, Secretary of Commerce, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 20-1514 · judgment January 21, 2021
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Should disability-related interference claims brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 12203(b) be analyzed as retaliation claims susceptible to a burden-shifting, but-for analysis, or should they be analyzed under a broader framework according to the original intent of the statutory text?
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Is the legal standard of review of a Final Decisions of the Merit Systems Protection Board upholding the removal of a Federal Employee, based on an initial decisions that were decided on the papers without a hearing, de novo review, or the “arbitrary, capricious, abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law” standard of review?
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Is a district court’s failure to grant a plaintiff discovery on discrimination claims subject to de novo review brought after a final decision from the Merit Systems Protections Board, prior to ruling on a summary judgment motion, a violation of the Fifth Amendment’s guarantee of due process and the property right of continued Federal employment?
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Is a transfer of a Federal employee to a prior identified supervisor who is not a trigger of said employee’s Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder a reasonable accommodation under the Rehabilitation Act?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Fenyang A. Stewart
For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General
Proceedings
- Oct 04 2021Petition DENIED.
- Aug 05 2021Application (21A11) denied by The Chief Justice.
- Jul 26 2021Application (21A11) to recall and stay mandate pending the disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to The Chief Justice.
- Jul 21 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
- Jul 19 2021Waiver of right of respondent Ross, Wilbur L. to respond filed.
- Apr 12 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 22, 2021)