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Thomas DeCola v. Indiana
Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Indiana, No. 24A-CT-2211 · judgment June 25, 2025
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
- Feb 23 2026Petition DENIED.
- Feb 04 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
- Jan 30 2026Waiver of right of respondent State of Indiana to respond filed.
- Jan 05 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 11, 2026)