Supreme Court Report

Supreme Court of the United States · Official docket →

Chinyere Ogbonna-McGruder v. Austin Peay State University, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 23-5557 · judgment January 30, 2024


Certiorari denied · June 24, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition and a Sixth Circuit decision below, and down for a petition filed soon after the judgment below.

Question presented

Whether Petitioner’s claim for retaliation required her to prove she suffered severe or pervasive conduct by her supervisor rather than conduct which would cause a reasonable employee to be dissuaded from filing or supporting a charge of retaliation against her employer. Whether the caption of Petitioner’s First Amended Complaint, along with paragraph 107 therein, provides adequate notice to Respondents for what they are being sued, and is therefore sufficient to survive Respondents’ Motion to Dismiss her claim of violation of her civil rights under color of state law. Whether the Petitioner’s failure to object to the magistrate’s denial of her motion to amend her complaint within 14 days of said ruling should have been excused in the interest of justice.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
James Waldo Edwards
Corley Henard Lyle Levy & Langford, PLC

For respondent
Carolyn Underwood Smith
Atty. General & Reporter's Off

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, June 24, 2024 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Jun 24 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 04 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2024.
  3. Jun 03 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent Austin Peay State University, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Apr 19 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 24, 2024)