Alexander BELYA, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Hilarion KAPRAL, aka Metropolitan Hilarion, Nicholas Olkhovskiy, Victor Potapov, Serge Lukianov, David Straut, Alexandre Antchoutine, George Temidis, Serafim Gan, Boris Dmitrieff, Eastern American Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, The Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, Mark Mancuso, Defendants-Appellants.
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For Plaintiff-Appellee: Bradley Girard ( Richard B. Katskee , on the brief), Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Washington, DC, and Oleg Rivkin , Rivkin Law Group PLLC, New York, NY.
For Amici Curiae Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy of the Anglican Church in North America, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), Serbian Orthodox Diocese of New Gracanica-Midwestern America, in support of Defendants-Appellants: Gordon D. Todd , Daniel J. Hay , John L. Gibbons , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC.
For Amicus Curiae Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, in support of Defendants-Appellants: Ryan Paulsen , Haynes and Boone, LLP, Dallas, TX.
For Amici Curiae Constitutional Law Scholars, in support of Defendants-Appellants: Matthew T. Nelson , Warner Norcross + Judd LLP, Grand Rapids, MI.
Joseph F. Bianco, Circuit Judge, took no part in the consideration or decision of the petition.
Following disposition of this appeal on August 17, 2022, Defendants-Appellants filed a petition for rehearing en banc. The opinion was amended September 16, 2022, and an active judge of the Court thereafter requested a poll on whether to rehear the case en banc. A poll having been conducted and there being no majority favoring en banc review, the petition for rehearing en banc is hereby DENIED.
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