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Paulo K. Mwassa v. Presbyterian Homes & Services
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 22-1611 · judgment September 30, 2022
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.
Questions presented
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Whether the federal-sector provision of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which provides that actions affecting employees shall be made free from any “discrimination” 42 U.S.C. 2000e-16(a), requires a plaintiff to prove that retaliation for protected activity was a but-for cause of the challenged action.
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Whether opinion may trump the undisputed and indisputable facts regarding employee’s hundred percent clean record while working for employer.
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Whether employers should not be punished for racial profiling and malicious Prosecution, even when the law concerning the constitutional violation, clearly established.
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Whether courts should continue to deny justice to Title VII victims who brought his or her case in good faith belief and with merit.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Paulo K. Mwassa
For respondent
Sara Gullickson McGrane
Felhaber, Larson, et al.
Case
Subject area
Civil Rights (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, May 30, 2023 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- May 30 2023Petition DENIED.
- May 09 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/25/2023.
- Jan 25 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 24, 2023)