No. 25-824

Tony Moody v. Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services

Lower Court: Ohio
Docketed: 2026-01-13
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Tags: antidiscrimination-law burden-shifting due-process employment-retaliation equal-protection statutory-safeguards
Latest Conference: 2026-03-20
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the cumulative errors in applying established
antiretaliation standards —specifically the misapplication of the
McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting framework and the failure to
consider temporal proximity and disparate treatment —have
deprived Petitioner Tony Moody of his constitutional right to due
process and equal protection under the law.

2. Whether the lower courts fragmented and isolated analysis
of evidence, in contradiction to the totality-of-the-evidence
requirement, warrants this Court's intervention to clarify and correct
the misapplication of both state and federal principles governing
retaliatory employment actions.

3. Whether these errors, by undermining the statutory
safeguards provided by Ohio Revised Code §§4112.02(1),
4112.05(B)(1), and 4112.99, not only imperil Petitioner's individual
rights but also threaten the integrity of public policy designed to
protect employees from arbitrary and retaliatory discipline.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the cumulative errors in applying established antiretaliation standards have deprived Petitioner of constitutional due process and equal protection rights

Docket Entries

2026-02-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2026.
2025-04-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 12, 2026)

Attorneys

Tony Moody
Tony Moody — Petitioner