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Robel Bing v. Brivo Systems, LLC

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 19-1220 · judgment May 19, 2020


Certiorari denied · February 22, 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

On May 19, 2020, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals published their Opinion, 19-1220, having heard oral arguments on December 11, 2019. The published opinion has successfully resolved the question of appellate jurisdiction, in Sections I and II, and as such will not be included for further mention in this petition to the U.S. Supreme Court for writ of certiorari. The published dissent on sections III and IV, with respect to pro se pleading requirements, held in Ashcroft v. Iqbal (2009), Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly (2007), Erickson v. Pardus (2007), Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N.A (2002), by the district, appellate, and the US Supreme Court, as well as the resulting abrup­ tion of Rules of Federal Civil Procedure, have inspired this pro se petition to respectfully request a review of the following: 1. Did the 4th Circuit’s Published Opinion, with dissent, err in its 2-1 majority affirmance of the district court’s dismissal of Bing’s pro se complaint, under Rule 12(b)(6); whereas: a. Premature invocation of Rule 12(b)(6) at the pleading stage, effectively allows it to super­ sede not only established pleading require­ ments for pro se complainants who bring disparate treatment and disparate impact claims of employment discrimination under Title VII of 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq. and race discrimination claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 et seq.; but, effectively renders the short and plain language of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8. as null, and; b. Does the district court, with the appellate court’s affirmance in the decision to apply

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Robel Bing

For respondent
Edward S. Schenk
Williams Mullen, PC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Feb 22 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 13 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
  3. Jan 05 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Brivo Systems, LLC to respond filed.
  4. Nov 27 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 4, 2021)