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Dr. Chinwe Offor v. Mercy Medical Center, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 21-2115 · judgment March 21, 2023


Certiorari denied · October 2, 2023
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

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

Question presented

I. Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit manifestly departed from this Court’s precedent by holding that egregious and repetitive acts of forgery and fabrication of hospital records were mere excusable mistakes. II. Whether the U.S Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit departed from it’s own precedent and this Court’s Precedent, when it failed to apply the Mcdonnell Douglas Burden shifting Mechanism.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Ike Ebenezer Agwuegbo
Ike Agwuegbo & Co P.C.

For respondent
Tara Eyer Daub
Nixon Peabody LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 02 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 14 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
  3. Jun 08 2023
    Waiver of right of respondents Mercy Medical Center, et al. to respond filed.
  4. May 17 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 26, 2023)