Supreme Court Report

Supreme Court of the United States · Official docket →

Patricia A. Allen v. Scott Bessent, Secretary of the Treasury

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 23-5153 · judgment March 21, 2024


Certiorari denied · February 24, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Question presented

Whether, in a Title VII lawsuit, mixed Title VII claims, where causation evidence and facts supports the employee’s Retaliatory Hostile Work Environment Claims under Title VII Anti-retaliation provision§ 2000e-3(a), which requires the employee to prove she suffered “objectively tangible” harm ” and the same causation evidence and facts support the employees Retaliatory Discrimination work assignment claims, based on prior Title VII protected activity and race, under § 2000e-2(a)(l), which do NOT require the employee to prove she suffered “objectively tangible” harm ”, did the trial court abused its discretion to relay to the jury Title VII Section§ 2000e-3(a) jury instruction ( standard) provisions, and to exclude Title VII § 2000e-2(a)(l), jury instruction (standard) Provision, which deprived the jury of an opportunity to decide the retaliatory discrimination assignment claims, and to decide, under summary judgment standards, § 2000e-2(a)(l), with the application of objectively tangible harm standard? QUESTION-CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS Whether the employee, Petitioner {Allen} was denied a fair impartial jury trial under Title VII, the 5th Amendment, the United States Bill of Rights, District of Columbia Circuit prevailing case law, and the United States Supreme Court Authorities, in Muldrow, when the trial court;

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Patricia A. Allen

For respondent
Sarah M. Harris
Acting Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
24A331

Proceedings

  1. Feb 24 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 15 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2025.
  3. Jan 10 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Yellen, Sec. of Treasury to respond filed.
  4. Dec 10 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 13, 2025)
  5. Oct 09 2024
    Application (24A331) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until December 12, 2024.
  6. Oct 03 2024
    Application (24A331) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 13, 2024 to December 12, 2024, submitted to The Chief Justice.