More than 20 school law enforcement officers who are suing Los Angeles Unified, alleging they were either wrongfully fired or face termination despite filing for religious exemptions to the district’s mandatory employee coronavirus vaccination mandate, want a judge to order the mandate rescinded because they maintain it is no longer needed.
The plaintiffs in the Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit are a mix of school safety officers, police officers, police detectives, senior police officers, a lieutenant, a sergeant and a school safety officer sergeant. The plaintiffs seek compensatory damages as well as reinstatement to their previous positions if they were fired.
In their court papers, LAUSD attorneys maintain the plaintiffs’ causes of action are barred by the statute of limitations and that their lawsuit should be dismissed.
In August 2020, the district adopted a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for all employees, including the plaintiffs, requiring all workers to be vaccinated by a deadline date or face being fired. In court papers filed Wednesday with Judge Jill Feeney, the plaintiffs are asking for a preliminary injunction directing the district to rescind the vaccination mandate.
“The act complained of by (the) plaintiffs is the flagrant and continued implementation of a COVID vaccine mandate initially put in place in accordance with state and county health orders that are no longer in place,” the plaintiffs’ lawyers argue in their court papers brought in...
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