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S. Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Dec 8, 2020

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DOCKET NO.

No. 20-55533

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COUNSEL Charles S. LiMandri, Paul M. Jonna, Jeffrey M. Trissell, and Milan L. Brandon, LiMandri & Jonna LLP, Rancho Santa Fe, California; Thomas Brejcha and Peter Breen, Thomas More Society, Chicago, Illinois; Harmett K. Dhillon and Mark P. Meuser, Dhillon Law Group Inc., San Francisco, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellants. Thomas E. Montgomery, County Counsel; Timothy M. White and Jeffrey P. Michalowski, Senior Deputies; Office of County Counsel, San Diego, California; for County Defendants-Appellees. Xavier Becerra, Attorney General; Thomas S. Patterson, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Paul Stein, Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Lisa J. Plank and Todd Grabarsky, Deputy Attorneys General; Office of the Attorney General, Los Angeles, California; for State Defendants-Appellees. Alex J. Luchenitser, Richard B. Katskee, and Alexander Gouzoules, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice, Central Conference of American Rabbis, Disciples Justice Action Network, Interfaith Alliance Foundation, Men of Reform Judaism, Methodist Federation for Social Action, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, Reconstructing Judaism, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association, Southwest Conference of the United Church of Christ, Union for Reform Judaism, and Women of Reform Judaism.

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—Title 28 APPENDIXFEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE — Oral Argument

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FOR PUBLICATION

D.C. No. 3:20-cv-00865-BAS-AHG ORDER Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California
Cynthia A. Bashant, District Judge, Presiding Submitted December 8, 2020 Pasadena, California Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw and Richard C. Clifton, Circuit Judges, and Timothy Hillman, District Judge. Order COUNSEL Charles S. LiMandri, Paul M. Jonna, Jeffrey M. Trissell, and Milan L. Brandon, LiMandri & Jonna LLP, Rancho Santa Fe, California; Thomas Brejcha and Peter Breen, Thomas More Society, Chicago, Illinois; Harmett K. Dhillon and Mark P. Meuser, Dhillon Law Group Inc., San Francisco, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellants. Thomas E. Montgomery, County Counsel; Timothy M. White and Jeffrey P. Michalowski, Senior Deputies; Office of County Counsel, San Diego, California; for County Defendants-Appellees. Xavier Becerra, Attorney General; Thomas S. Patterson, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Paul Stein, Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Lisa J. Plank and Todd Grabarsky, Deputy Attorneys General; Office of the Attorney General, Los Angeles, California; for State Defendants-Appellees. Alex J. Luchenitser, Richard B. Katskee, and Alexander Gouzoules, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice, Central Conference of American Rabbis, Disciples Justice Action Network, Interfaith Alliance Foundation, Men of Reform Judaism, Methodist Federation for Social Action, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, Reconstructing Judaism, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association, Southwest Conference of the United Church of Christ, Union for Reform Judaism, and Women of Reform Judaism.

The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

The Honorable Timothy Hillman, United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, sitting by designation. --------

ORDER

In light of the Supreme Court's orders in Harvest Rock Church, Inc. v. Newsom, No. 20A94, 592 U.S. ___ (Dec. 3, 2020) and Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo, No. 20A87, 592 U.S. ___ (Nov. 25, 2020), we VACATE the district court's October 15, 2020 order denying the motion for injunctive relief filed by South Bay United Pentecostal Church (South Bay), and REMAND to the district court for further consideration of this matter.

South Bay's emergency motion for an injunction pending appeal (ECF No. 96) is DENIED without prejudice. This panel will retain jurisdiction over any related future appeal.

IT IS SO ORDERED.