US Navy SEALs 1-26 et al v Biden et al
Case Number:
4:21-cv-01236
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Civil Rights: Other Civil Rights
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action
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May 10, 2022
DOD Must Face SEALs' Suit In Texas Over COVID Vax Mandate
A Texas federal judge has refused to let the U.S. Department of Defense duck a lawsuit from Navy SEALs challenging the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, ruling that the department's denial of deployments for those without the vaccine negatively affects their careers.
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March 01, 2022
5th Circ. Won't Budge On Block Of Navy Vax Mandate
The Fifth Circuit refused to narrow an injunction blocking the military from applying its COVID-19 vaccine mandate to U.S. Navy service members who say the requirement violates their religious beliefs, saying keeping the freeze in place won’t hurt the government.
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February 17, 2022
DOD Wants 5th Circ. To Narrow Injunction In COVID Vax Case
The U.S. Department of Defense has urged the Fifth Circuit to narrow an injunction barring COVID-19 vaccines for U.S. Navy special operators who claim they violate their religious rights, saying it wrongly interferes with military issues.
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February 14, 2022
Texas Judge Keeps Navy Vax Mandate On Ice Pending Appeal
A Texas federal judge has denied the U.S. Department of Defense's bid to stay, pending appeal, a January order halting its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, which is being challenged by a group of 35 U.S. Navy service members who requested religious accommodations to the requirement.
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January 24, 2022
Navy SEALs Seek To Make Vax Challenge A Class Action
A group of U.S. Navy service members on Monday filed an amended complaint seeking to turn a Texas federal lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Defense's COVID-19 vaccine mandate into a class action, while the government requested a stay of the court's freeze on the requirement as it's appealed.
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January 18, 2022
DOD Says Navy Vax Challengers Jumped Gun On Lawsuit
The U.S. Department of Defense has urged a Texas federal judge to toss a lawsuit alleging its COVID-19 vaccine mandate violates the religious beliefs of members of the Navy's Special Warfare Command, saying the suit was premature and filed in the wrong state.
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January 04, 2022
Judge Calls Navy's Religious Vax Exemption Process 'Theater'
A Texas federal judge blocked the U.S. Navy from mandating COVID-19 vaccines for members of its Special Warfare Command who claim the requirement violated their rights as Christians, saying the Navy hasn't approved a religious vaccine exemption request in seven years.
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November 09, 2021
Navy SEALs Say Vax Mandate Denies Their Religious Rights
Thirty-five members of the Navy's Special Warfare Command sued over the military's COVID-19 vaccine mandate in Texas federal court Tuesday, saying the policy denies them their fundamental religious rights.