Husband-and-wife plaintiffs filed written arguments with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently again claiming the Department of Energy contractor running the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee discriminated against them for their religious-based refusal to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
The July 24 filing by Jeffrey and Jessica Bilyeu in litigation against UT-Battelle, the contractor team of Battelle and the University of Tennessee, also asserts that U.S. District Judge Charles Atchley erred in striking down most of their claims.
The couple filed their case in the Sixth Circuit in April after Jessica Bilyeu settled her remaining claim in district court over alleged retaliation. She claimed the prime gave her a bad job review after the COVID-19 vaccination dispute.
Saying the district judge “overlooked several key facts in the record, oral argument may benefit the Court by clarifying material facts and the record in this case,” according to the filing by the Bilyeus. As of Tuesday, Aug. 6, UT-Battelle had yet to file its answer to the Bilyeu brief.