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Timothy Ryan Gove v. Sargento Foods, Inc.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 24-2691 · judgment July 9, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW
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If management of a company orders and directs activities outside of its facilities listed under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a)(c) or framing-up an/or under 18U.S.C. § 242 a person who has been discriminated on its corporate grounds, should the allegations be allowed to be investigated as evidence under 29 CFR § 18.401 in an employment litigation case?
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In separate appeals; 21-1235 Doc 9 & 24-2691 Doc 3, the U.S Court of Appeals for the Seventh District; were presented similar evidence of working in a hostile environment for an employment claim, and bad faith practices by the Defendant. One decision vacated the dismissal, while the other decision affirmed it. How can this be?
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Inthe first appeal 21-1235 Doc 9; the Plaintiffs made allegations, that the Defendant was involving third parties to commit acts of enticement/seduction by female personnel inside/outside of the company’s employment | . boundaries? With the dismissal vacated, did , District Court need instructions from the Appellate Court on how it should proceed? A. In an employment litigation case; after the complaint is filed; the Plaintiff later discovers the Defendant has been perpetrating acts against the Plaintiff to remove him from employment. Regardless if these were criminal acts or not, can the new evidence be investigated.
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Ifa person was involved in committing bad faith acts against the Plaintiff for that company, should they be mandated by the court to be interrogated in a case against the Defendant?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Timothy Ryan Gove
For respondent
Suzanne Marie Watson
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Proceedings
- Feb 23 2026Rehearing DENIED.
- Jan 21 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
- Jan 08 2026Petition for Rehearing filed.
- Dec 15 2025Petition DENIED.
- Nov 25 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
- Nov 24 2025Reply of petitioner Timothy Ryan Gove filed. (Docketed on January 9, 2026) (Distributed on January 21, 2026)
- Nov 10 2025Brief of respondent Sargento Foods, Inc. in opposition filed.
- Oct 07 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 10, 2025)