Van Tatenhove, wrote that “the question presented here is narrow. The mandate requiring employees of federal contractors to get vaccinated against COVID-19 had been set to take effect this week. The lawsuit from the states claims the vaccination requirement is unlawful and unconstitutional. Cameron said in a release last year that federal contractors accounted for about one-fifth of the country’s labor force and $9 billion in contracts in 2021. “This ensures, while the case continues to proceed, that federal contractors in Kentucky aren’t subject to the Biden Administration’s unlawful mandate,” Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, a Republican who filed the suit challenging the mandate, said in an emailed statement Thursday. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati upheld the injunction for the three states in a 2-1 ruling Wednesday. The ruling comes after a nationwide ban on the mandate for federal contractors was imposed by a federal judge in Georgia last month.Ī judge in Louisville, Kentucky, blocked the Biden rule in November for that state and two others: Tennessee and Ohio.Ī panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. (AP) - A federal appeals court has declined to lift a ban in three states on President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for workers who contract with the federal government. You can reach the Clerk's Office by phone at 61.LOUISVILLE, Ky. If you plan to file a paper document at the Moakley Courthouse, please use the drop-box located on the first floor by the main entrance. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit will not accept in-person case filings at its intake window, until further notice. See Order.ĭue to health concerns over the COVID-19 virus, the Clerk's Office for the U.S. No other rules, including those relating to the form or substance of an appendix, service requirements, or the handling of appendices to be filed under seal, are impacted by this suspension. After the appendix is accepted for filing, the court may set a deadline for paper copies of the appendix. For the duration of this suspension, all parties who are represented by counsel shall tender the appendix electronically, through the court's electronic filing system. Court of Appeals for the First Circuitĭue to the COVID-19 virus pandemic and in order to protect public health and safety, this court is temporarily suspending the requirement in Local Rule 25.0(b)(1)(c) that appendices to briefs must be filed only in paper form. Please direct any media inquiries to Susan Goldberg, Circuit Executive, by email at or by phone at (617) 748-9614. Counsel scheduled for argument during the February 2022 court session will be receiving additional information and instructions from the Clerk’s Office. After the end of each day's arguments, audio recordings of each argument will be available on the court's website. Public access to live audio of the court’s February 2022 session will be available at. Given the continued public health restrictions and limits on public access to the courthouse, the court will also provide live audio access to such arguments. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit will hold oral arguments by video conference during the court’s February 2022 session. Public Advisory Concerning the Court's Sitting Schedule On February 9, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued this order implementing new procedures for the filing of highly sensitive documents. Order Implementing Procedures for the Filing of Highly Sensitive Documents
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