FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 24 2020
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
WENDY GISH; et al., No. 20-55445
20-56324
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
D.C. No.
v. 5:20-cv-00755-JGB-KK
Central District of California,
GAVIN NEWSOM, in his official capacity Riverside
as the Governor of California; et al.,
ORDER
Defendants-Appellees.
Before: WARDLAW and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges, and HILLMAN,* District
Judge.
These consolidated appeals are related to appeal No. 20-56358, South Bay
United Pentecostal Church, et al., v. Newsom, et al.
The December 23, 2020 motions panel order granted appellants’ request to
expedite briefing of appeal No. 20-56324.
The expedited briefing schedule for appeal No. 20-56324 shall proceed as
follows: the opening brief and excerpts of record are due on or before December
31, 2020; the answering briefs are due on or before January 7, 2021; and the
optional reply brief is due on or before January 11, 2021.
*
The Honorable Timothy Hillman, United States District Judge for the
District Court of Massachusetts, sitting by designation.
The December 23, 2020 order additionally directed appellants to move for
voluntary dismissal of appeal No. 20-55445 or show cause why appeal No.
20-55445 should not be dismissed as merged within 21 days. Appellants’ response
to the order to show cause is now due December 31, 2020. If appellants elect to
show cause, appellees may file a response by January 7, 2021.
These appeals are set for virtual oral argument at the Richard H. Chambers
U.S. Court of Appeals Building, Pasadena, California, on January 15, 2021, at 2:00
P.M. Each side is allotted 30 minutes for argument.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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