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Christine Asing v. Hawaii Government Employees Association - AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 24-3101 · judgment June 5, 2025
Certiorari denied · November 10, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 5% cert probability
Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Ninth Circuit decision below, a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and counsel who has filed here before.
Question presented
- Whether a labor organization violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it refuses to pursue grievances based on religious objections to workplace policies while pursuing comparable grievances based on secular objections, and whether a plaintiff alleging such disparate treatment must plead a prima facie case under McDonnell Douglas at the Rule 12(b)(6) stage.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Shawn Anthony Luiz
Shawn A. Luiz, Attorney at Law
For respondent
Deirdre Marie-Iha
Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel
Case
Subject area
Civil Rights (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, November 10, 2025 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Nov 10 2025Petition DENIED.
- Oct 22 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
- Oct 20 2025Reply of petitioner Asing Christine filed. (Distributed)
- Oct 06 2025Brief of respondent Hawaii Government Employees’ Association – AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO in opposition filed.
- Sep 03 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 6, 2025)