The U.S. Supreme Court this week declined to hear an appeal from an Air Force reserve officer who was removed from the service’s command after he wouldn’t get a COVID-19 vaccine.
Lt. Col. Jonathan Dunn, in a court filing, said he was previously denied a religious exemption and removed from his post because he didn’t want to receive the vaccine.
Dunn, a combat veteran who served in Afghanistan, said he tested positive for COVID-19 last year and requested the religious exemption. After he was denied, he filed a legal petition in a California federal court and argued that the Pentagon violated both federal law and his constitutional rights.
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