WE THE PATRIOTS USA, INC. v. HOCHUL

Docket No. 21-2179 August Term, 2021 Docket No. 21-2566.

17 F.4th 368 (2021)

WE THE PATRIOTS USA, INC., Diane Bono, Michelle Melendez, Michelle Synakowski, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Kathleen HOCHUL, Howard A. Zucker, M.D., Defendants-Appellees. Dr. A., Nurse A., Dr. C., Nurse D., Dr. F., Dr. G., Therapist I., Dr. J., Nurse J., Dr. M., Nurse N., Dr. O., Dr. P., Technologist P., Dr. S., Nurse S., Physician Liaison X., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of New York, in her official capacity, Dr. Howard A. Zucker, Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health, in his official capacity, Letitia James, Attorney General of the State of New York, in her official capacity, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: November 12, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cameron L. Atkinson ( Norman A. Pattis , Earl A. Voss , on the brief), Pattis & Smith, LLC, New Haven, CT, for Plaintiffs-Appellants We The Patriots USA, Inc. et al. (in No. 21-2179).

Steven C. Wu , Deputy Solicitor General ( Barbara D. Underwood , Mark S. Grube , on the brief) for Letitia James , Attorney General for the State of New York, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellants (in No. 21-2566) and Defendants-Appellees (in No. 21-2179) Kathleen Hochul et al.

Christopher A. Ferrara ( Michael McHale , Stephen M. Crampton , on the brief), Thomas More Society, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Dr. A. et al. (in No. 21-2566).

Alex J. Luchenister , Richard B. Katskee , Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Washington, D.C.; Daniel Mach , Heather L. Weaver , Lindsey Kaley , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Washington, D.C. & New York, NY; Christopher Dunn , Beth Haroules , Arthur Eisenberg , Amy Belsher , New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY, for Amici Curiae (in No. 21-2179) Americans United for Separation of Church and State, American Civil Liberties Union, New York Civil Liberties Union, Central Conference of American Rabbis, Global Justice Institute, Metropolitan Community Churches, Men of Reform Judaism, Methodist Federation for Social Action, Muslim Advocates, National Council of Jewish Women, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association, Union for Reform Judaism, and Women of Reform Judaism.

Mark D. Harris , Shiloh Rainwater , Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae (in No. 21-2179) Greater New York Hospital Association.

Before: WALKER, SACK, and CARNEY, Circuit Judges.


We write to clarify our opinion in We The Patriots USA, Inc. v. Hochul, No. 21-2179, and Dr. A. v. Hochul, No. 21-2566, which we heard and decided in tandem. 2021 WL 5121983 (2d Cir. Nov. 4, 2021). We do so in light of the text of the recent order of the district court in Dr. A. v. Hochul, vacating the preliminary injunction...

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