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Florida Department of Juvenile Justice v. Lawanna Tynes

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 21-13245 · judgment December 12, 2023


Certiorari denied · October 7, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a state or local-government petitioner, a circuit split argued in the petition, and an Eleventh Circuit decision below.

Question presented

Whether the prima facie case and comparator analysis set forth in this Court’s decision in McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 (1973) and its progeny remains the correct legal test in proving employment discrimination based on circumstantial evidence or may a court disregard McDonnell Douglas’ prima facie case and comparator standard and travel under the less-rigorous “convincing mosaic” theory to prove discrimination based on circumstantial evidence.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Carri S. Leininger
Williams, Leininger and Cosby, P.A.

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 10 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
  3. May 20 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 24, 2024)