SEATTLE — The Ninth Circuit upheld a Washington federal court’s dismissal of a former at-will employee of a nonprofit health care system who says former Governor Jay Inslee’s proclamation requiring health care workers to be vaccinated against Covid-19 violated their constitutional rights. Because the employee was at-will, their employment is not a constitutionally protected property interest, so their procedural due process claim cannot survive dismissal.
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