( December 15, 2025, 4:24 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 15 denied a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by an Illinois county and its sheriff asking whether the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) allows an employer to be held liable for discrimination against an employee on the basis of disability when there is no physical or mental impairment present, declining to hear their argument that four circuits disagreed with an appellate panel’s interpretation of the statute that reversed a lower court’s denial of back pay to a former correctional officer....