9th Circuit: Library COVID Mask Policy Dispute Properly Resolved By Trial Court

Mealey's ( July 26, 2024, 2:11 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a Washington federal judge’s dismissal of a city and its police officers and grant of summary judgment to a library district in a library patron’s lawsuit claiming Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other civil rights violations stemming from his refusal to wear a mask in a library and the response of the police and library staff....