Sotomayor rejects NYPD detective's request to block vaccine mandate

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor rejected a bid to halt New York City’s enforcement of its COVID-19 vaccine mandate on municipal workers.

Sotomayor, who is assigned to emergency matters in New York, made no comment as she denied a request for an emergency injunction by New York Police Department Detective Anthony Marciano on Monday, according to Bloomberg. Marciano sought the pause as he battles for an exemption from the vaccine mandate in the federal court of appeals. Marciano claims he should be exempted from the vaccine requirement because of a natural immunity to the virus and should not be fired as a result after the city denied his request for a religious exemption.