No. 24-1186

Alvin Boone, et al. v. Illinois Department of Corrections, et al.

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-05-20
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: covid-19 executive-orders mitigation-measures public-health religious-exemption workplace-safety
Latest Conference: 2025-06-18
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether Executive Orders of the Illinois Governor requesting state agencies and public employers to impose mitigation measures allegedly to prevent the spread of Covid-19 can transform a public health issue into an issue of workplace health and safety.

2. Whether Public Act 102-667, on its face, strips the HRCA of its intended protection for sincerely held religious beliefs in the workplace and, as such, violates, the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Executive Orders of the Illinois Governor requesting state agencies and public employers to impose mitigation measures allegedly to prevent the spread of Covid-19 can transform a public health issue into an issue of workplace health and safety

Docket Entries

2025-06-23
Petition DENIED.
2025-06-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2025.
2025-05-27
Waiver of right of respondent Illinois Department of Corrections, et al. to respond filed.
2025-02-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 20, 2025)

Attorneys

Alvin Boone, et al.
Bethany Dawn HagerLaw Office of Bethany D Hager LLC, Petitioner
Illinois Department of Corrections, et al.
Jane Elinor NotzOffice of the Attorney General, State of Illinois, Respondent