dailyloe.com – The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a procedural case concerning pregnancy discrimination. The justices will review a question from a Georgia lawsuit. They will decide if a defense can be raised later in proceedings.
The case involves Jasmine Younge, a former deputy chief of staff. She sued the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office for discrimination. Her lawsuit claims she faced discrimination due to her pregnancy.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 has a specific exemption. It excludes elected officials and their personal staff from certain protections. The DA’s office did not initially cite this exemption in its defense.
Instead, the office raised the exemption in a later motion for summary judgment. The district court allowed this and ruled for the DA’s office. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit upheld that decision.
Younge then petitioned the Supreme Court to review her case. The justices granted her petition in their Monday order list. The case is titled Younge v. Fulton Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office.
This legal question has significant implications for civil rights litigation. It centers on procedural fairness and the timing of defenses. The court’s decision will clarify rules for future employment discrimination cases.
In separate action, the court denied review in another case. This involved a Louisiana man sentenced to life imprisonment. Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented from that denial.[]
Source: SCOTUSblog
