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Vincenza Presti v. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 20-1397 · judgment November 19, 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.

Questions presented

The following issues are presented for review to the Supreme Court: QUESTIONS PRESENTED:

  1. Whether the Judicial system can be biased towards federal employee petitioners by denying them due process and a hearing?

  2. Whether Title VII bans retaliation in federal employment for employees with previous EEO activity, in its various forms, such as: bullying from Management in the federal workplace, belittling, holding back from professional development and opportunities, passing on hiring list, demoting, poor performance appraisals, damage to reputation, mental cruelty, and placing the employee on a furlough list.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Vincenza Presti

For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 21 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Jul 13 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Mayorkas, Sec. of Homeland to respond filed.
  4. Jun 28 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 6, 2021)