New Harvest Christian Fellowship v. City of Salinas

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 NEW HARVEST CHRISTIAN Case No. 19-cv-00334-SVK

FELLOWSHIP,

8 Plaintiff, ORDER IN PREPARATION FOR 9 ORAL ARGUMENT ON MOTIONS v. FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT 10 CITY OF SALINAS, Re: Dkt. Nos. 28, 35 11 Defendant. 12 13 To assist the parties in preparing for oral argument on the motions for summary judgment 14 (Dkt. 28, 35), the Court provides the following tentative rulings and questions the parties should 15 be prepared to address. 16 I. Tentative Rulings 17 A. All evidentiary objections are overruled. 18 B. Plaintiff’s Request for Judicial Notice (Dkt. 41) is granted. 19 II. Preliminary Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law 20 A. Plaintiff bears the burden of persuasion as to whether the City zoning ordinance, or 21 the City’s application of that ordinance to Plaintiff, “substantially burdens” 22 Plaintiff’s exercise of religion. San Jose Christian College v. City of Morgan Hill, 23 360…