Judge Dettmar issued an order to stop the enforcement of COVID policies in two schools, but his ruling was overturned by a higher court, and masks were reestablished. He may lose his job as German law dictates any civil servant sentenced to a custodial sentence of more than 12 months is deprived of both their position and their pension. The case is being appealed.

A judge who struck down government rules that children must wear masks at school in a German state in 2021 stands to lose his legal career and pension, and has been handed a two-year suspended prison sentence for "perverting the law".

Judge Christian Dettmar struck down the order by German state Thuringia in 2021 that, as part of Coronavirus lockdown procedures, children must wear masks while at school, should keep a minimum distance from each other, and should be subjected to virus tests.