Newdow v. Congress

313 F.3d 495 Michael A. NEWDOW, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. U.S. CONGRESS; United States of America; George W. Bush, President of the United States; State Of California; Elk Grove, Unified School District; David W. Gordon, Superintendent EGUSD; Sacramento City Unified School District; Jim Sweeney, Superintendent SCUSD, Defendants-Appellees. No. 00-16423. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. December 4, 2002. Michael A. Newdow, Sacramento, CA, pro se. Terence John Cassidy, A. Irving Scott, Porter, Scott, Weiberg & Delehant, Kristin S. Door, Paul L. Seave, United States Attorney's Office, Frank S. Furtek, Theodore Garelis, Attorney General's Office, Sacramento, CA, Robert M. Loeb, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees. Before: GOODWIN, REINHARDT and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge. ORDER 1 Once we ruled on the merits of this case, 1 the United States Senate sought to intervene as a party and in that capacity to file a petition for rehearing and a petition for rehearing en banc. We deny the Motion to Intervene, but note our willingness to accept the petition and accompanying brief as an amicus brief, if the…