10th Circuit Panel Denies Rehearing In Employee’s COVID-19 Vaccine Refusal Case

( March 5, 2025, 11:08 AM EST) -- DENVER — A panel of the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has denied a petition for rehearing and for rehearing en banc filed by a former nursing center employee seeking review of a panel judgment affirming the dismissal of her First Amendment free exercise claim stemming from her termination for refusing to be vaccinated for COVID-19 as mandated by a state health board emergency rule....