Civil Rights,
Government
Mar. 14, 2023
Calvary Chapel’s federal suit over COVID orders paused for state case
County Counsel James R. Williams asked the court to abide by the Younger abstention doctrine which he said articulates, “‘a strong federal policy against federal-court interference with pending state judicial proceedings absent extraordinary circumstances,’ so as to protect the ‘comity’ between state and federal courts that includes a ‘proper respect for state functions.’”
A long battle between Calvary Chapel San Jose and Santa Clara County over COVID-19 restrictions will proceed in state court first, a federal judge has ruled.
The county’s motion for summary adjudication is set to be heard by a state court judge Tuesday.
Counsel for the church — Robert H. Tyler and Mariah Gondeiro of Advocates for Faith and Freedom in Murrieta — argued in an opposition brief that the federal cour...
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