1/ @LASchools filed its Petition for Rehearing En Banc, last night, and if you have any experience litigating against these attorneys I will simply say that it does not disappoint.

But enough sarcasm. Let's begin with what a party seeking rehearing en banc is required to show. @LASchools 2/ (1) The petition must begin with a statement that either:

(A) the panel decision conflicts with a decision of the United States Supreme Court or of the court to which the petition is addressed (with citation to the conflicting case or cases) and ...

1/ Here's some additional, shocking background on the games @LASchools & its attorneys played with the District Court's jurisdiction that was not mentioned by the 9th Circuit in its ruling on mootness. @LASchools 2/ In the only deposition I was able to take in the case, LAUSD's Chief HR Officer, Ileana Davalos admitted that she was instructed to start drafting what became the employee vaccination mandate in July 2021. What was important about this date?

My client, @theHFDF, has won another huge victory, this time in the 9th Circuit! This was a case that I prosecuted in Central District of California challenging @LASchools mandatory COVID vaccination mandate for all school employees. A majority panel of the 9th Circuit... @theHFDF @LASchools ... held that, first, the case was not mooted by another attempt by @LASchools to manipulate a court's jurisdiction and, second, because the district court misapplied the SCOTUS's 1905 decision in Jacobson v. Mass. For the first time, as far as I am aware, a circuit court has...

1/ This underscores why I believe that @CDC should be reorganized to be more like @NTSB. A brief 🧵

https://twitter.com/DrJBhattacharya/status/1584986863567503360

@cdc @NTSB 2/ "In 1967, Congress consolidated all transportation agencies into a new U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and established the NTSB as an independent agency placed within the DOT for administrative purposes. In creating the NTSB,...

ntsb.gov/about/history/…