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Yan Ping Xu v. City of New York, New York, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 21-1059 · judgment June 30, 2023


Certiorari denied · October 7, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Questions presented

  1. Whether a permanent employee who has served for less than five years in the noncompetitive class in the City of New York could be summarily discharged on the ground of an evaluation of alleged negative performance provided after the termination without due process.

  2. Whether petitioner’s request for the certified question regarding the above question to the New York Court of Appeals is properly denied. As an alternative, petitioner respectfully requests that this Court certify the above question. LIST OF PARTIES The petitioner in this case is Yan Ping Xu, M.S., pro se plaintiff-appellant. The respondents are New York City, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and Brenda M. McIntyre, defendants-appellees.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Yan Ping Xu

For respondent
Janet Lyn Zaleon
New York City Law Department

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
23A623

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 31 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
  3. Jul 26 2024
    Waiver of right of respondent New York, NY, et al. to respond filed.
  4. Mar 25 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 19, 2024)
  5. Jan 05 2024
    Application (23A623) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until March 25, 2024.
  6. Dec 15 2023
    Application (23A623) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 25, 2024 to March 25, 2024, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.