November 13, 2024
A Georgia federal judge on Tuesday refused to reconsider his finding that a challenge by U.S. Air Force personnel to the military's now-rescinded COVID-19 vaccination mandate on religious grounds is moot, holding there is no live controversy to keep the case going.
August 19, 2024
In a pair of dueling briefs, both the U.S. Air Force and a cadre of its airmen are sparring over whether the military's revocation of its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for service members spells the end for the airmen's suit challenging the mandate on religious freedom grounds.
May 25, 2022
The U.S. Air Force has asked a Georgia federal judge to refuse to certify a class of service members challenging its COVID-19 vaccine mandate on religious grounds, saying the proposed class is too broad to address as a group.
May 12, 2022
The U.S. Air Force has asked to toss a proposed class action over its military and civilian COVID-19 vaccine mandate, arguing that the challengers can't show they suffered any injury until a final decision is made on whether or how to punish them for refusing to be inoculated.
May 04, 2022
Four anonymous U.S. Air Force employees asked a Georgia federal judge Tuesday to certify a class of thousands of defense workers who were allegedly wrongfully denied requests to be exempt from a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on religious grounds and to block the military from enforcing certain vaccine mandates against them.
April 28, 2022
A Georgia-based U.S. Air Force officer can transform her individual fight against a COVID-19 vaccine mandate into a proposed class action on behalf of others who, like her, have religious objections, a federal judge has ruled.
April 22, 2022
An Air Force officer fighting COVID-19 vaccine mandates says the military branch is trying to delay her case to "purge religious service members from the military" and urged a Georgia federal court Friday to reject the government's request to stay the case.
April 15, 2022
The government has asked a Georgia federal court to stay proceedings in a proposed class action lawsuit filed by a U.S. Air Force officer over the military branch's denial of her and others' requests to be exempt from COVID-19 vaccine mandates on religious grounds, pending the resolution of ongoing appellate proceedings.
March 11, 2022
The government has asked a Georgia federal court to strike an amended complaint filed by a U.S. Air Force officer seeking to represent herself and others she claims are being forced to get COVID-19 vaccinations or retire despite their religious objections.
March 01, 2022
A Christian U.S. Air Force officer who has already blocked the military branch from forcing her to choose between being vaccinated against COVID-19 or taking retirement wants the same protection extended to a class of those who, like her, oppose the vaccine mandate on religious grounds.