231207P.pdf   03/21/2024  Aaron Norgren  v.  Minnesota Dept. of H.S.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  23-1207
                          and No:  23-1208
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota   
   [PUBLISHED] [Erickson, Author, with Melloy and Stras, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Civil rights. Plaintiffs, father and son, brought Title VII 
   discrimination and retaliation claims against the Minnesota Department of 
   Human Services, their employer, and Section 1983 retaliation and compelled 
   speech claims against the Department's Commissioner, arising out of the 
   denial of their religious exemption requests to workplace training on 
   racism and gender identity; the district court dismissed the complaints 
   for failure to state a claim; the son, Aaron, plausibly pled that he was 
   denied a promotion because of his protected activities, and the dismissal 
   of his Title VII discrimination and retaliation claims is reversed; the 
   district court's dismissal of the remaining claims is affirmed.