No. 21-1328

Community Baptist Church, et al. v. Jared Polis, Governor of Colorado, et al.

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-04-05
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 11th-amendment 42-usc-1983 due-process free-exercise mootness standing
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw SocialSecurity DueProcess FirstAmendment SecondAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2022-05-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a statute requires strict scrutiny for facial and as-applied claims where officials invoke it as legal authority to issue mandates which deprive churches of free exercise, notice and hearing

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Whether a statute requires strict scrutiny for facial and as-applied claims where officials invoke it as legal authority to issue mandates which deprive churches of free exercise, notice and hearing. Whether standing exists to enjoin federal officials, named as parties, from “participating with” state actors in conduct enjoined under Fed. R. Civ. P. 65 for violating 42 U.S.C. §1983.

Docket Entries

2022-05-31
Petition DENIED.
2022-05-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/26/2022.
2022-05-05
Waiver of right of Federal Respondents to respond filed.
2022-05-04
Waiver of right of respondents Governor Jared Polis; Executive Director Jill Hunsaker Ryan and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to respond filed.
2022-04-15
Application (21A580) denied by Justice Gorsuch.
2022-04-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 5, 2022)
2022-04-01
Application (21A580) to recall and stay pending disposition of the petition for writ of certiorari, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.

Attorneys

Community Baptist Church, et al.
Rebecca R. MessallMessall Law Firm, LLC, Petitioner
Rebecca R. MessallMessall Law Firm, LLC, Petitioner
Federal Respondents
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Governor Jared Polis; Executive Director Jill Hunsaker Ryan and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Grant Thomas SullivanColorado Department of Law, Respondent
Grant Thomas SullivanColorado Department of Law, Respondent