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Brandi Greer v. Benton School District
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Arkansas, No. CV-25-11 · judgment March 12, 2026
7%
estimated cert probability
(petition-stage, structural)
(petition-stage, structural)
95% interval 4%–10%
Conference-stage estimate: 2%
GVR risk 11%
About 1.6× the 4.1% base rate. The model weights this up for a petition filed soon after the judgment below and counsel who has won certiorari before, and down for a state or local-government respondent.
Question presented
Whether independent contractors have the same right as employees to sue for discrimination under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Stuart Banner
UCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic
For respondent
William Cody Kees
Bequette, Billingsley & Kees, P.A.
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Proceedings
- Aug 26 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Aug 18 2026Reply of Brandi Greer submitted.
- Aug 07 2026Brief of respondent Benton School District in opposition filed.
- Jul 15 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 12, 2026.
- Jul 13 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 13, 2026 to August 12, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jun 11 2026Response Requested. (Due July 13, 2026)
- Jun 02 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2026.
- Apr 14 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 20, 2026)