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Alan Rodemaker v. City of Valdosta Board of Education, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 22-13300 · judgment August 5, 2024
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
The Panel required petitioner to include within his § 1983 complaint for racial discrimination against School Board members individually his separate Title VII claim against the Board itself for workplace discrimination—a claim which had not yet accrued— or forfeit this inchoate claim to the bar of res judicata. The question presented is: Does this ruling square with settled law that res judicata cannot bar claims against a new defendant emerging after petitioner filed his initial lawsuit and does it undermine Congress’ intent that Title VII be available as an independent, parallel remedy with § 1983 so that victims of workplace discrimination have full redress for their injuries?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Dennis P. Derrick
For respondent
Thomas William Joyce
Jones Cork, LLP
Proceedings
- May 19 2025Petition DENIED.
- Apr 23 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2025.
- Apr 09 2025Brief of respondents City of Valdosta Board of Education, et al. in opposition filed.
- Feb 21 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 14, 2025. See Rule 30.1.
- Feb 19 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 13, 2025 to April 12, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jan 29 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 13, 2025)
- Dec 16 2024Application (24A586) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until January 30, 2025.
- Dec 12 2024Application (24A586) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 31, 2024 to January 30, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.