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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 4 UNIFYSCC, et al., Case No. 5:22-cv-01019-BLF

Plaintiffs,

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’

v. PARTIAL MOTION FOR SUMMARY

JUDGMENT, AND GRANTING IN

SARA H. CODY, et al., PART AND DENYING IN PART

DEFENDANTS’ CROSS-MOTION FOR

Defendants. SUMMARY JUDGMENT [Re: ECF Nos. 141, 143]

12 This case concerns Defendant Santa Clara County’s (“the County”) response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In August 2021, after COVID-19 vaccinations became widely available, the County1 adopted a policy requiring its employees to become vaccinated against the virus. Some employees received religious exemptions and accompanying accommodations from the vaccination mandate, but the policy’s accommodations framework determined that exempt employees working in certain roles deemed “high-risk” for COVID-19 transmission could not be accommodated in a way that would permit…