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Thomas DeCola v. Indiana

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Indiana, No. 24A-CT-2211 · judgment June 25, 2025


Certiorari denied · February 23, 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

Questions on Review Whether 42 U.S.C. § 1983 is the congressional consent for asserting individual God-granted rights that are acknowledged within the U.S. Bill of Rights and Fourteenth Amendment therewith in suits against the State? Whether the State’s committance of legal estoppel is a cause of action for damages thereof under federal constitutional claims processes for relief of grievance thereon?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Thomas DeCola

For respondent
James Allen Barta
Office of the Indiana Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Feb 23 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 04 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
  3. Jan 30 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent State of Indiana to respond filed.
  4. Jan 05 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 11, 2026)