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Wei Qiu v. Board of Education of Oldham County, Kentucky
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 24-5306 · judgment October 11, 2024
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
Qiu the accented U.S. citizen of origin of China applied for employment with Oldham. Principal Woosley held Qiu waiting to search for Qiu’s skills after the interview, having no questions about Qiu’s qualifications. Woosley kicked Qiu off waiting when annoyed by Qiu’s emails asking to be hired. Qiu sued Oldham under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 based on her race, color, and national origin. Qiu’s complaint covered the four elements of 411 U.S. at
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Oldham filed the motion to dismiss Qiu’s complaint. Qiu responded with the attachment of the email exchanges of Woosley and Qiu to support the facts in her complaint. The district court rejected Qiu’s evidence of the emails attached to her response. The district court dismissed Qiu’s complaint, and the circuit court affirmed the dismissal.
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Should the evidence attached to the response to the motion to dismiss be declined?
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Does the complaint meet the standard “state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face” when setting up the prima facie under 411 U.S. at 802?
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Did the judges violate Qiu’s Constitutional right to due process and equal protection of the laws in Section 1 of Amendment XIV? Were the judges against the Rule of Law?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Wei Qiu
For respondent
W. Cravens Priest III
English, Lucas, Priest & Owsley, LLP
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Apr 28 2025Petition DENIED.
- Apr 09 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/25/2025.
- Mar 24 2025Waiver of right of respondent Board of Education of Oldham County, Kentucky to respond filed.
- Jan 28 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 24, 2025)