Wilkins

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

DEC 23 2024

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

KEITH M. WILKINS, No. 24-80 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellant, 6:23-cv-00169-AA v.

MEMORANDUM*

STEVE HERRON; CHAD

LOWE; STEVEN COOK; PAUL

DEAN; BEND-LAPINE

ADMINISTRATIVE SCHOOL DISTRICT

1, an Oregon Public School District, authorized and chartered by the laws of the State of Oregon,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Ann L. Aiken, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 4, 2024 Portland, Oregon

Before: CALLAHAN, NGUYEN, and SUNG, Circuit Judges.

Appellant Keith Wilkins, a former public-school teacher, was placed on

unpaid leave and subsequently fired for refusing to comply with COVID-

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. vaccine and mask mandates. In response, he filed the present action against his

former employer, the Bend La-Pine Administrative School District 1 (“School

District”), as well as four…