October 02, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Monday to hear a Filipino teacher's lawsuit alleging he was unlawfully fired by the U.S. Department of Defense because of his nationality, rejecting his request for clearer guidance on how lower courts should consider bias claims based on foreign accents.
May 18, 2023
A Filipino teacher asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review his lawsuit claiming the U.S. Department of Defense fired him because of his nationality, arguing the Ninth Circuit erroneously interpreted a parent's complaint about his accent as evidence that he couldn't communicate well enough to do his job.