( January 12, 2026, 11:57 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 12 denied a petition for a writ of certiorari from a former law student who alleged that his disenrollment from law school resulted from his refusal to be vaccinated pursuant to a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy that was implemented based on allegedly fraudulent data and contended that the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, which affirmed the dismissal of his suit by a Massachusetts federal court for lack of standing, did not conduct an “earnest” review of the case....