Supreme Court Won’t Hear Former Fire Chief’s Religious Discrimination Appeal

The former city employee had asked the court to overturn a legal precedent that makes it difficult to sue an employer for discrimination.

Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas poses for an official portrait at the East Conference Room of the Supreme Court building in Washington on Oct. 7, 2022. Alex Wong/Getty Images

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on March 10 to take up the case of a veteran firefighter whose employment was terminated after he attended a leadership conference at a church.

The decision to deny the petition in Hittle v. City of Stockton came in the form of an unsigned order. The court did not explain its decision.