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Docket for 20A136

No. 20A136

Title:	South Bay United Pentecostal Church, et al., Applicants v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al.
Docketed:
Linked with:	20-746
Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Case Numbers:	(20-55533)

Proceedings and Orders

Jan 25 2021

Application (20A136) for injunctive relief, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Main Document Other Proof of Service

Jan 26 2021

Response to application (20A136) requested by Justice Kagan, due Friday, January 29, by 5 p.m. ET.

Jan 27 2021

Motion for leave to file amici brief and motion for leave to file brief in compliance with Rule 33.2 filed by Americans United for Separation of Church and State, et al.
Main Document Other Proof of Service

Jan 29 2021

Response to application from respondents Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. filed.
Proof of Service Main Document

Jan 29 2021

Response to application from respondents Wilma J. Wooten, et al. filed.
Main Document Proof of Service

Jan 29 2021

Motion for leave to file amicus brief and motion for leave to file brief in compliance with Rule 33.2 filed by The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.
Main Document Proof of Service Other Proof of Service

Jan 30 2021

Letter of applicants South Bay United Pentecostal Church, et al. filed.
Main Document

Jan 30 2021

Reply of applicants South Bay United Pentecostal Church, et al. filed.
Reply Proof of Service

Feb 05 2021

Application (20A136) referred to the Court.

Feb 05 2021

The application for injunctive relief presented to JUSTICE KAGAN and by her referred to the Court is granted in part. Respondents are enjoined from enforcing the Blueprint’s Tier 1 prohibition on indoor worship services against the applicants pending disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari. The application is denied with respect to the percentage capacity limitations, and respondents are not en-joined from imposing a 25% capacity limitation on indoor worship services in Tier 1. The application is denied with respect to the prohibition on singing and chanting during indoor services. This order is without prejudice to the applicants presenting new evidence to the District Court that the State is not applying the percentage capacity limitations or the prohibition on singing and chanting in a generally applicable manner. Should the petition for a writ of certiorari be denied, this order shall terminate automatically. In the event the petition for a writ of certiorari is granted, the order shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court. JUSTICE THOMAS and JUSTICE GORSUCH would grant the application in full. JUSTICE ALITO would grant the application with respect to all of the capacity restrictions on indoor worship services and the prohibition against indoor singing and chanting, and would stay for 30 days an injunction against the percentage attendance caps and the prohibition against indoor singing and chanting. (See Detached Opinion). CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS, concurring in the partial grant of application for injunctive relief. (Detached Opinion). JUSTICE BARRETT, with whom JUSTICE KAVANAUGH joins, concurring in the partial grant of application for injunctive relief. (Detached Opinion). Statement of JUSTICE GORSUCH, with whom JUSTICE THOMAS and JUSTICE ALITO join. (Detached Opinion). JUSTICE KAGAN, with whom

Attorneys

Attorneys for Petitioners

Charles S. LiMandri
Counsel of Record

LiMandri & Jonna LLP
P.O. Box 9120
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067
cslimandri@limandri.com
Ph: 858-759-9930
Party name: South Bay United Pentecostal Church, et al.

Attorneys for Respondents

Helen H. Hong
Counsel of Record

California Department of Justice, Office of Solicitor General
600 West Broadway Street, Suite 1805
San Diego, CA 92101
helen.hong@doj.ca.gov
Ph: 6197389693
Party name: Gavin Newsom, et al.

Jeffrey Patrick Michalowski
Counsel of Record

Office of County Counsel, County of San Diego
1600 Pacific Highway, Suite 355
San Diego, CA 92101
jeffrey.michalowski@sdcounty.ca.gov
Ph: (619) 531-4886
Party name: Wilma J. Wooten, Helen Robbins-Meyer and William D. Gore

Other Attorneys

Alexander J. Luchenitser
Counsel of Record

Americans United for Separation of Church and State
1310 L St. NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005
luchenitser@au.org
Ph: 202-466-7306
Party name: Americans United for Separation of Church and State; ADL (Anti-Defamation League); Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice; Central Conference of American Rabbis; Covenant Network of Presbyterians; Disciples Center for Public Witness; Disciples Justice Action Network; Equal Partners in Faith; General Synod of the United Church of Christ; Interfaith Alliance Foundation; Methodist Federation for Social Action; National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA; Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association; Union for Reform Judaism

Eric Christopher Rassbach
Counsel of Record

The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
1919 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20006
erassbach@becketlaw.org
Ph: 2029550095
Party name: The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty