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A Connecticut attorney is suing Gov. Ned Lamont over an executive order requiring people to wear face coverings to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

Lindy Urso, a criminal defense attorney in Stamford, filed a lawsuit in federal court Saturday claiming Lamont’s order — set to take effect 8 p.m. Monday — is unconstitutional and infringes on the “individual freedoms and liberties” of state residents, the Connecticut Post reports.

“This measure has pushed me over the edge because I don’t wear a mask and I don’t think I should be forced to wear a mask,” Urso told the newspaper.

Urso’s lawsuit claims government and media have stirred up “much fear” regarding the dangers of COVID-19.

“The defendant himself has been at the epicenter of stirring up some of that fear in Connecticut,” Urso’s lawsuit reads, pointing to a March 16 television interview by the governor regarding furloughed hospital employees and hospital capacity.

The filing also alleges that the damage to Urso’s personal freedom caused by Lamont’s order “far outweighs any theoretical public benefit” to being compelled to wear a mask or facial covering while in public.

A spokesman for Lamont said the governor would not comment on the filing, the newspaper reports.

Lamont’s order requires state residents unable to “maintain a safe social distance” of 6 feet from others in public spaces cover their mouth and nose with a mask or cloth face-covering.

“In addition, individuals shall use a mask or cloth face covering when using the services of any taxi, car, livery, ride-sharing or similar service or means of mass public transit, or while within any semi-enclosed transit stop or waiting area,” Lamont’s office said in a statement Friday.

Lamont signed the order to bolster his “efforts to encourage mitigation strategies that slow down” the spread of the coronavirus, the Democrat’s office said.