Governor sued over vaccine mandate

CONNELL – A local man has initiated a lawsuit against Gov. Jay Inslee and state Department of Corrections Secretary Cheryl Strange over the Wuhan coronavirus vaccination mandate.

Jeffrey Johnson, a corrections officer at Coyote Ridge Correctional Center, filed Sept. 10 in Franklin County Superior Court seeking relief from the governor’s order requiring any state employee to be “fully vaccinated” by Oct. 18 or lose their job.

The lawsuit is Jeffrey Johnson v. Jay Inslee and Cheryl Strange, case No. 21 250510 11. Attorney Simon Peter Serrano of the Silent Majority Foundation is representing the...