| 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) |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Jan 25 2021 | Application (20A136) for injunctive relief, submitted to Justice Kagan. |
| Main DocumentOtherProof 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 DocumentOtherProof of Service | |
| Jan 29 2021 | Response to application from respondents Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. filed. |
| Proof of ServiceMain Document | |
| Jan 29 2021 | Response to application from respondents Wilma J. Wooten, et al. filed. |
| Main DocumentProof 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. |
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| 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. |
| ReplyProof 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 |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Charles S. LiMandri Counsel of Record | LiMandri & Jonna LLP P.O. Box 9120 Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067 cslimandri@limandri.com | 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 | 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 | (619) 531-4886 |
| Party name: Wilma J. Wooten, Helen Robbins-Meyer and William D. Gore | ||
| Other | ||
| 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 | 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 | 2029550095 |
| Party name: The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | ||