Newdow v. U.S. Congress

328 F.3d 466 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. Argued and Submitted March 14, 2002. Filed June 26, 2002. Amended February 28, 2003. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Michael Newdow, Sacramento, California, pro se. Kristin S. Door, Assistant United States Attorney, Sacramento, California, Lowell V. Sturgill, Jr., Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for federal government defendants-appellees; A. Irving Scott, Terence J. Cassidy, Porter, Scott, Weiberg & Delehant, Sacramento, California, for school district defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California; Milton L. Schwartz, Senior Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV 00-00495-MLS/PAN. Before: GOODWIN, REINHARDT and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 Opinion by Judge GOODWIN; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge FERNANDEZ.…