10th Circuit Accepts Employee’s Late Rehearing Bid In COVID Vaccine Refusal Case

( January 10, 2025, 4:22 PM EST) -- DENVER — The 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals granted a request to accept an untimely petition for rehearing en banc submitted 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....