https://www.afinalwarning.com/501268.html (Natural News) Isaac Legareta, an officer who was fired from working at the Doña Ana County Detention Center in New Mexico for refusing a Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, is suing the county manager for imposing the illegal and unconstitutional vaccine mandate.
The complaint addresses an illicit directive issued by Fernando Macias, the county manager in question, which orders all county-employed first responders, sheriff’s deputies, firefighters and detention center officers to be vaccinated with either the Pfizer-BioNTech China virus jab or the Moderna China virus jab.
Legareta maintains that requiring anyone to take a vaccine that is not yet fully approved by the
New Mexico corrections officer sues over vaccination mandate
SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, Associated Press
March 4, 2021
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) A corrections officer is suing a New Mexico county over a requirement that first responders and other employees be vaccinated, setting up another legal fight during a pandemic that is testing local and federal public health laws.
Isaac Legaretta says in a complaint filed Feb. 26 in federal court that a directive forcing Dona Ana County employees to take vaccines that are not yet fully approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration violates federal law.
Legaretta is facing termination for declining a vaccination. His attorney, N. Ana Garner, is seeking an injunction to keep the county from firing or disciplining the officer before a ruling is issued. The attorney said that while she s not aware of a similar lawsuit in the U.S., she would be surprised if there was none.
A detention center officer in New Mexico filed a lawsuit over a workplace requirement to receive the coronavirus vaccine, the first lawsuit against mandatory COVID-19 vaccination in the U.S.
Detention center Officer Isaac Legaretta is suing his supervisors and a county manager in New Mexico because of a Doña Ana County mandate put in place for all employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The officer’s attorney Ana Garner, who works for nonprofit New Mexico Stands Up!, was also notified by the county that he would be terminated for refusing the vaccine.
“You can’t be forced to be a human guinea pig when a product is experimental. We have the right to bodily integrity,” Garner told Bloomberg.
In August, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement that “vaccines are not allowed to be mandatory” even during emergency use authorization. In March 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said employees covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, as well as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, cannot be compelled to take a vaccine. On New Mexico’s state website, there is no declaration currently stating that the COVID-
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