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Robert B. Mitchell v. General Motors LLC

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Michigan, No. 369038 · judgment May 30, 2024


Certiorari denied · January 20, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

I DID “THE COURT’ ERR IN NOT RULING THE ALJ’S DECISION WAS CONTRARY TO LAW AND THAT IT WAS NOT SUPPORTED BY COMPETENT, MATERIAL, AND SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE ON THE WHOLE RECORD WHEN HE JUSTIFIED GM’S AVOIDANCE TO THE AGENCY’S REQUIREMENTS TO PROVIDE FACT FINDINGS REGARDING PETITIONER’S EXIT WHICH VIOLATED HIS RIGHTS TO DUE PROCESS REGARDING WHEN GM WAS ATTRIBUTABLE TO HIS EXIT? MCL: 421.20 (a)(l)&(2); 421.32 (a-d) & 2; 421.29 (l)(a); 421.33(1); .24; & 24.306 (1) (a-f );.... II DID “THE COURT” ERR WHEN THE AU PRACTICED “WILLFUL BLINDNESS” CWB”) TO AVERT OBTAINING FACTS FOR A FAIR HEARING ACCORDING TO MCL 421.33(1) AND IN VIOLATION OF MCL-SEC.24.306... WHEN HE SUBJECTIVELY ALLOWED TESTIMONY IN A MANIPULITIVE MANNER? 3 | Page

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Robert B. Mitchell

For respondent
Margaret Carroll Alli
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PLLC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 20 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 30 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
  3. Dec 17 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent General Motors, LLC to respond filed.
  4. Dec 11 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Labor & Economic Opportunity Dep’t of Unemployment Insurance Agency to respond filed.
  5. Feb 20 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 19, 2025)