Denied

No. 25-233

Catharine Miller, et al. v. Civil Rights Department

from the Court of Appeal of California, Fifth Appellate District

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Docket Entries

Petition DENIED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.

Reply of petitioners Catharine Miller, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondent Civil Rights Department in opposition filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Foothills Christian Church filed.

Brief amici curiae of Advancing American Freedom, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Alabama, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of The National Legal Foundation, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of 14 First Amendment Scholars filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Manhattan Institute filed.

Brief amicus curiae of NC Values Institute filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Advocates for Faith and Freedom filed.

Brief amici curiae of General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Protect the First Foundation filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 29, 2025.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 29, 2025 to October 29, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 29, 2025)

Parties

Catharine Miller, et al., Petitioner, represented by Eric Christopher Rassbach

Civil Rights Dept., Respondent, represented by Julie Michelle Veroff

Amici Curiae

14 First Amendment Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Mark Ian Pinkert

Advancing American Freedom, Amicus Curiae, represented by John Marc Wheat

Advocates for Faith and Freedom, Amicus Curiae, represented by Erin Elizabeth Mersino

Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, And West Virginia, Amicus Curiae, represented by William Robert Peterson

Foothills Christian Church, Amicus Curiae, represented by Paul Raymond Kraus

General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy, Amicus Curiae, represented by Christopher E. Mills

Manhattan Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Thomas Ryan McCarthy

NC Values Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Deborah Dewart

Protect the First Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Gene Clayton Schaerr

The National Legal Foundation, Anglican Church in North America, Concerned Women for America, The Family Foundation, Illinois Family Institute, Pacific Justice Institute, International Conference of Evangelical Chaplain Endorsers, and Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Frederick W. Claybrook Jr.

 
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