United States District Court for the Southern District of California Archives

Judge Blocks Major Part of California Gun Control Bill

December 17, 2022 2:30 amDecember 18, 2022 7:20 am

United States District Court for the Southern District of California Judge Roger Benitez ruled on Friday that a major part of a California gun bill signed by Governor Gavin Newsom in July should be blocked, invalidating roughly half the bill....

United States Supreme Court to Consider Intervening in San Diego Schools’ COVID Vaccination Mandate

December 11, 2021 8:12 amDecember 12, 2021 2:26 pm

The family of a Scripps Ranch High School student athlete is suing the San Diego Unified School District for religious discrimination over the districts’ strictest-in-the-nation COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Thomas More Society attorneys filed suit against the school district and its...

San Diego Student Wins Religious Rights Injunction for District’s COVID Vaccine Mandate

November 29, 2021 11:43 amDecember 8, 2021 3:46 pm

A San Diego Unified School District public school student has won a religious rights case in an Appeal at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for an Injunction over the school districts’ COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Last week, Thomas More Society...

San Diego School District Sued Over Not Having a Religious COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate Exemption

October 25, 2021 4:05 pmOctober 28, 2021 10:36 am

The San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) was sued over the weekend by a Scripps Ranch High School student athlete and her family for religious discrimination over the district’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate. Last month, the SDUSD approved COVID-19 vaccination mandates...

More Than 45 San Diego County Business Sue Gov. Newsom, State Over Lockdowns In New Lawsuit

April 1, 2021 6:28 pm

A lawsuit filed by more than 45 small business in San Diego County filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Governor Gavin Newsom and other state and local officials to end enforcement on all COVID-19 restrictions, essentially ending state of emergency...

Ninth Circuit Panel Rules Church Has Standing to Sue Over Abortion Coverage

May 18, 2020 11:05 amMay 18, 2020 11:10 am

Just like closeted gay men of an earlier era, most religious people in California just want to be left alone. They don’t seek to force their lifestyle on anybody. But folks at “progressive” organizations and the highest echelons of government...