HARVEST ROCK CHURCH, INC. v. NEWSOM

No. 20-56357.

985 F.3d 771 (2021)

HARVEST ROCK CHURCH, INC., itself and on behalf of its member churches in California; Harvest International Ministry, Inc., itself and on behalf of its member churches in California, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Gavin NEWSOM, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of California, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 25, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew D. Staver (argued), Anita L. Staver , Horatio G. Mihet , Roger K. Gannam , and Daniel J. Schmid , Liberty Counsel, Orlando, Florida; Nicolai Cocis , Law Office of Nicolai Cocis, Murrieta, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Todd Grabarsky (argued) and Seth E. Goldstein , Deputy Attorneys General; Benjamin M. Blickman , Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Thomas S. Patterson , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Xavier Becerra , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Los Angeles, California; for Defendant-Appellee.

Eric C. Rassbach , Nicholas R. Reaves , and Kayla Toney , The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae The Becket Fund.

Order; Concurrence by Judge O'Scannlain; Concurrence by Judge Christen


ORDER

In light of our court's recent opinion in South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom, No. 20-56358, ___ F.3d ___, 2021 WL 222814 (9th Cir. Jan. 22, 2021), Appellants' emergency motion for an injunction pending appeal is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part, without prejudice to renewing the request before the merits panel in this case.

The State of California is enjoined from enforcing the following policies against Harvest Rock Church or its...

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