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Casey Campbell v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 22-11067 · judgment November 2, 2023
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Are employer statements on religious discrimination that are included in the complaint and admitted in the answer binding judicial admissions in the de novo review of a federal employee’s Title VII religious discrimination claim?
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Is a Final Agency Decision that was not vacated competent evidence in the de novo review of a federal employee’s Title VII religious discrimination/hostile work environment claim?
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As “[t]he loss of First Amendment freedoms, for even minimal periods of time, unquestionably constitutes irreparable injury” and as “[Title VII] gives [religious practices] favored treatment”, can discrimination or harassment of a federal employee based on religion be considered “the ordinary tribulations of the workplace”?
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Was the law prohibiting religious discrimination in the workplace clearly established in 2013 to preclude qualified immunity as a defense to a claim for damages under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act?
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Is qualified immunity a defense to a claim for equitable relief under Title VII or under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act?
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Is a sanction that abridges substantive rights for a non-willful violation of a local rule proper under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 83(a)(2).
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Thomas Boyd Cowart
Wasoff & Cowart, PLLC
For respondent
Debra S. Edmondson
The Edmondson Law Firm, PLLC
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Proceedings
- Jun 10 2024Rehearing DENIED.
- May 21 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2024.
- May 10 2024Petition for Rehearing filed.
- Apr 15 2024Petition DENIED.
- Apr 01 2024Waiver of right of respondent William Onuh, in his personal capacity to respond filed.
- Mar 20 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024.
- Mar 06 2024Waiver of right of respondent Garland, Att'y Gen., et al. to respond filed.
- Jan 30 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 6, 2024)