No. 25-471

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

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2025-10-16
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: americans-with-disabilities-act covid-testing disability-discrimination rehabilitation-act title-vii unvaccinated-status
Key Terms:
Arbitration SocialSecurity ERISA Securities EmploymentDiscrimina
Latest Conference: 2025-12-12
Question Presented (from Petition)

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.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an employer's COVID-19 testing requirement for unvaccinated employees constitutes regarding the employee as having a disability under the ADA or Rehabilitation Act

Docket Entries

2025-12-15
Petition DENIED.
2025-11-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
2025-11-17
Waiver of Bessent, Sec. Treasury of right to respond submitted.
2025-11-17
Waiver of right of respondent Bessent, Sec. Treasury to respond filed.
2025-10-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 17, 2025)

Attorneys

Bessent, Sec. Treasury
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Tami Dixon
Theresa KraftWilt Toikka Kraft LLP, Petitioner