Topolski v. Washington State Department of Licensing

1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 7 PETER TOPOLSKI, Case No. 3:24-cv-05878-TMC 8 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 9 DISMISS IN PART v. 10 WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT 11 OF LICENSING, 12 Defendant. 13 14 I. INTRODUCTION 15 Peter Topolski was employed by the Washington Department of Licensing for several 16 years. In 2021, the Department, following a state proclamation during the COVID-19 pandemic, 17 instituted a vaccine requirement for its employees. Mr. Topolski applied for a religious 18 exemption, explaining that he could not get…