10th Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of School COVID-19 Masking Policy Retaliation Case

( May 7, 2026, 12:52 PM EDT) -- DENVER — Finding no constitutional violations by a school board that implemented a masking policy during the COVID-19 pandemic and suspended a student for repeatedly defying the policy, a 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel affirmed the judgment of a Wyoming federal court dismissing a lawsuit alleging that the student’s suspension was a violation of her First and 14th Amendment rights....