Appeals Court Revives Student’s Lawsuit Over COVID-19 Vaccine Arrest

The student plausibly pleaded that the two officers who detained him violated his Fourth Amendment rights, the court ruled.

Educational staff at Kettering City Schools sit in bleachers after receiving their COVID-19 vaccine in Dayton, Ohio, on Feb. 10, 2021. Megan Jelinger/AFP via Getty Images

A federal appeals court has partially reversed a lower court ruling in a case involving a student who was arrested for not receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.

A U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit panel on July 18 said that Mount St. Joseph University, a Catholic university in Ohio, may have violated the student’s constitutional rights by detaining him in 2021.