No. 25-388

Adam Pajer, et al. v. Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, Inc., et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-10-02
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: ada-interpretation congressional-intent disability-discrimination judicial-usurpation separation-of-powers statutory-construction
Latest Conference: 2025-11-07
Question Presented (from Petition)

(1) Whether a judicial conclusion that no set of facts can plausibly exist to plead under the ADA that an employer regards an employee as presently disabled—by being diseased in the absence of immune system augmentation—misinterprets the plain language of the statutory amendments and express Congressional intent to construe disability as broadly as possible to prohibit discrimination.

(2) Whether barring employee claims under the ADA by narrowly redefining the statutory definition of disability to effectively remove "being regarded as having such an impairment" pertaining to immune system augmentation constitutes impermissible judicial usurpation of Congress' legislative function in violation of constitutional Separation of Powers.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a judicial conclusion that no set of facts can plausibly exist to plead under the ADA that an employer regards an employee as presently disabled misinterprets the plain language of the statutory amendments and Congressional intent to construe disability broadly, and whether narrowly redefining the statutory definition of disability constitutes impermissible judicial usurpation of Congress's legislative function

Docket Entries

2025-11-10
Petition DENIED.
2025-10-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
2025-10-15
Waiver of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, Inc., et al. of right to respond submitted.
2025-10-15
Waiver of right of respondent Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, Inc., et al. to respond filed.
2025-09-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 3, 2025)

Attorneys

Adam Pajer, et al.
Oral Shane BallounBalloun Law Professional Corporation, Petitioner
Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, Inc., et al.
Mary Ruth HoustonShutts & Bowen LLP, Respondent