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Supreme Court refuses to hear case of Louisiana man sentenced to life imprisonment, “Tiger King” appeal
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to weigh in on a procedural question arising from a pregnancy discrimination case – specifically, whether a defendant can raise an affirmative defense (that is, a legal excuse or justification) later in the proceedings when it did not raise that defense in the answer to the plaintiff’s complaint.
Younge v. Fulton Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office was the lone case in which the court granted review on Monday. The announcement came on a list of orders from the justices’ private conference on Friday, March 27.
The plaintiff in the case, Jasmine Younge, filed a federal civil rights suit, claiming pregnancy discrimination, against the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office, where she was a deputy chief of staff. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 carves out an exemption from protection under the law for elected officials and their “personal staff.” The DA’s office did not raise the exemption as a defense when it responded to Younge’s complaint; instead, it sought to rely on the exemption only when it filed a motion for summary judgment – a ruling by the judge that would resolve part or all of the lawsuit on legal grounds, because there are no real factual issues in dispute.
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Jasmine Younge, Petitioner v. Fulton Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, Georgia
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The US Supreme Court will consider a dispute on pleading requirements stemming from a lawsuit accusing a former Georgia prosecutor of firing a deputy after being informed she was pregnant.
The case granted Monday centers on the requirements of defendants under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The question for the justices is whether a defendant may assert an affirmative defense as the basis for a summary judgment motion, after failing to earlier plead that affirmative defense in an answer to a lawsuit.
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