AIR FORCE OFFICER v. AUSTIN et al
Case Number:
5:22-cv-00009
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Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action
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November 13, 2024
Judge Won't Rethink Mootness Of Air Force Vax Mandate Suit
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judge on Tuesday refused to reconsider his finding that a challenge by U.S. Air Force personnel to the military's now-rescinded COVID-19 vaccination mandate on religious grounds is moot, holding there is no live controversy to keep the case going.
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August 19, 2024
USAF, Airmen Debate Mootness Of Vax Mandate Challenge
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.
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May 25, 2022
Air Force Urges Denial Of Class Cert. In Vax Mandate Case
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.
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May 12, 2022
Air Force Wants To Toss Vax Mandate Challenge
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.
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May 04, 2022
Air Force Members Want Class Cert. In Ga. Vax Mandate Case
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.
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April 28, 2022
Air Force Officer Can Seek Class Status In Vax Mandate Suit
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.
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April 22, 2022
Officer Says Air Force Can't Stay Vaccine Mandate Suit
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.
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April 15, 2022
Air Force Seeks To Halt Officer's Vax Mandate Suit
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.
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March 11, 2022
Air Force Says Ga. Officer Can't Bring Class Claims In Vax Suit
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.
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March 01, 2022
Air Force Officer Wants Vax Fight To Proceed As Class Action
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.