No. 25-822

Thomas DeCola v. Indiana

Lower Court: Indiana
Docketed: 2026-01-12
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: bill-of-rights constitutional-claims fourteenth-amendment legal-estoppel section-1983 state-liability
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20
Question Presented (from Petition)

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?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 42 U.S.C. § 1983 provides congressional consent for asserting individual rights acknowledged in the Bill of Rights and Fourteenth Amendment in suits against the State, and whether state legal estoppel constitutes a cause of action for damages under federal constitutional claims

Docket Entries

2026-02-23
Petition DENIED.
2026-02-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-30
Waiver of State of Indiana of right to respond submitted.
2026-01-30
Waiver of right of respondent State of Indiana to respond filed.
2026-01-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 11, 2026)

Attorneys

State of Indiana
James Allen BartaOffice of the Indiana Attorney General, Respondent
Thomas DeCola
Thomas DeCola — Petitioner