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.
No. 20-55907
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
December 3, 2020
O‘SCANNLAIN, RAWLINSON, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
D.C. No. 2:20-cv-06414-JGB-KK, Central District of California, Los Angeles
ORDER
On Remand from the Supreme Court of the United States
Before: O‘SCANNLAIN, RAWLINSON, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
Pursuant to the Supreme Court‘s order in Harvest Rock Church v. Newsom, No. 20A94, 592 U.S. ___ (Dec. 3, 2020), we vacate our October 1, 2020, order denying Harvest Rock Church‘s motion for an injunction pending appeal; vacate the district court‘s September 2, 2020, order denying Harvest Rock Church‘s motion for a preliminary injunction; and remand to the district court for further consideration in light of Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo, No. 20A87, 592 U.S. ___ (Nov. 25, 2020).
The motions to appear as amicus curiae, filed by Leading Epidemiologists and Public Health Experts (ECF No. 42) and by Americans United for Separation of Church and State, et al. (ECF No. 52), are DENIED as moot.
REMANDED.