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Robert Joyce v. Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 24-931 · judgment January 27, 2025


Dismissed · January 15, 2026

Questions presented

  1. Should Petitioner have been foreclosed from challenging the alleged fraud in Federal Court pursuant to 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act because the Court’s ruled that Petitioner failed to sufficiently plead a DFR claim against the union?

  2. Should Petitioner have the right to challenge in Federal Court Con Edison’s violations of the Federal rules that Con Edison was required to follow when conducting the drug test that led to Petitioner's employment being terminated?

  3. Was the lower Court’s ruling, made without any judicial scrutiny of the union’s actions, in conflict with other circuit decisions and with this Court’s rulings on what constitutes a breach of a union’s duty in representing its members and thus wrongfully dismissing Petitioner's suit?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Robert Joyce

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
25A634

Proceedings

  1. Jan 15 2026
    Case considered closed.
  2. Dec 03 2025
    Application (25A634) denied by Justice Sotomayor.
  3. Nov 03 2025
    Application (25A634) for an extension of time within which to comply with the order of an extension of time within which to comply, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.
  4. Oct 14 2025
    The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied. Petitioner is allowed until November 4, 2025, within which to pay the docketing fee required by Rule 38(a) and to submit a petition in compliance with Rule 33.1 of the Rules of this Court.
  5. Sep 25 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/10/2025.
  6. Jun 01 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 15, 2025)