San Diego Public School Student’s Religious Rights Case Appealed to Ninth Circuit thomasmoresociety.org

Thomas More Society attorneys filed an emergency appeal with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in a religious rights lawsuit filed on behalf of the family of a Scripps Ranch High School student athlete against the San Diego Unified School District over its COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Attorneys are asking for an emergency injunction in the case by November 29, 2021, the date by which the student must get her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine in order to comply with SDUSD’s deadline to become “fully vaccinated” before classes in 2022. The Ninth Circuit issued a briefing schedule and ordered SDUSD to file a response by November 23.

The appeal was filed after the United States District Court for the Southern District of California denied the request by the student’s family for a Temporary Restraining Order and vacated a hearing that had been set for November 19, 2021. The case is being fought over religious discrimination as a result of the school district’s requirement that all students must be vaccinated against COVID-19, from which they are refusing to acknowledge reasonable religious exemptions. The original complaint was filed in federal court on October 22, 2021 by Thomas More Society attorneys on the behalf of the 16-year-old high school junior and her parents…

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