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Tami M. Dixon v. Scott Bessent, Secretary of the Treasury, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 24-5110 · judgment June 20, 2025


Certiorari denied · December 15, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

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

Questions presented

  1. Whether an employer’s requirement that an employee undergo COVID-19 testing, based solely on the employee’s unvaccinated status, constitutes regarding the employee as having a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or the Rehabilitation Act.

  2. Whether an unvaccinated federal employee must be perceived to have a specific disability to be “regarded as” having a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act.

  3. Whether, to state a viable claim of religious discrimination under Title VII, a plaintiff must plead specific details related to comparator employees at the pleading stage.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Theresa Kraft
Wilt Toikka Kraft LLP

For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Dec 15 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 25 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
  3. Nov 17 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Bessent, Sec. Treasury to respond filed.
  4. Oct 14 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 17, 2025)