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Debra Nevins v. DCH Health Systems, DCH Health Care Authority, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 25-12124 · judgment April 23, 2026
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Whether the Appellate Court erred in determining that petitioner was lawfully terminated for noncompliance of respondent’s “2020” flu vaccine policy.
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Whether the Appellate Court erred in determining that Petitioner did not profess a sincerely held religious belief and whether the Appellate Court erred in determining that the petitioner was not similarly situated in all material respects to her comparator.
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Whether the Appellate Court erred in determining that the “hanging of a blackface doll with a noose around its neck” was not shockingly pervasive enough to alter the terms of the petitioners employment contract.
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Whether the Appellate Court erred in determining that respondents appeal of petitioners unemployment benefits were not an act of retaliation.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Kayarda Kemiel Lowe
The K. Lowe Law Firm LLC
For respondent
Kimberly W. Geisler
Scott Dukes & Geisler, P.C.
Case
Subject area
Civil Rights (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, October 5, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 05 2026Petition DENIED.
- Sep 09 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Sep 03 2026Reply of petitioner Debra Nevins filed. (Distributed)
- Aug 20 2026Brief of respondents DCH Health Systems, et al. in opposition filed.
- Jul 22 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 27, 2026)