Aguilar-Padilla

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 10 2026

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JULIO AGUILAR-PADILLA, Nos. 24-4536, 25-276 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 3:21-cv-00753-MO v. MEMORANDUM*

BOYDSTUN EQUIPMENT

MANUFACTURING, LLC, an Oregon limited liability company,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Michael W. Mosman, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 5, 2026 Portland, Oregon

Before: BEA, CHRISTEN, and DESAI, Circuit Judges.

Boydstun Equipment Manufacturing fired Julio Aguilar-Padilla after he took

COVID-19 leave pursuant to an Oregon state agency’s COVID-era administrative

rule designed to protect quarantining workers from retaliation. See Or. Admin. R.

437-001-0744(3)(l)(B) (2020) (hereinafter “COVID Rule”). Aguilar-Padilla sought

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. statutory and noneconomic damages pursuant to federal…