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Lewana Howard v. Gabriel DeFrates, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 19-3252 · judgment July 1, 2020

Certiorari denied · October 19, 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.

Question presented

(1) When state employees acting in their personal capacity rather than agents of the state, violate the 14,h Amendment Equal Protection rights of a citizen who is a member of a protected group established under the Age Discrimination and Title VII Retaliation laws, can the civil action 42 U.S.C. 1983 be used as a private remedy in federal court for violation of their 14,h Amendment Equal Protection Clause right?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Lewana Howard

For respondent
Aaron Talen Dozeman
Office of the Illinois Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 19 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 30 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/16/2020.
  3. Sep 29 2020
    Waiver of right of respondents Gabriel Defrates, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Aug 28 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 26, 2020)