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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EVERY NATION CAMPUS MINISTRIES AT

SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY, a student

organization at San Diego State University;

et al, 

Plaintiffs,

CASE NO. 05CV2186-LAB (AJB)

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS'

MOTION REQUESTING RULING

[Dkt No. 100]

vs.

REED, et al,

Defendants.

This matter is before the court on plaintiffs' Motion Requesting Ruling On The Pending CrossMotions For summary Judgment. This court took those motions under submission approximately

eighteen months ago, in consideration of Ninth Circuit appeals in cases raising issues material to the

resolution of the parties' dispute in this case. Defendants filed Opposition, urging this court to reserve

ruling until the Ninth Circuit's final decision on appeal of the case Truth v. Kent School District, 499

F.3d 999 (9th Cir. 2007), presently awaiting that court's decision on plaintiff's request for en banc

review, and to further await the result in a pending Ninth Circuit appeal of issues likely to be

dispositive of those presented here, Christian Legal Society v. Kane, Docket No. 06-15956.

Defendants represented Kane is set for oral argument this month. Plaintiffs filed a Reply, representing

the Kane oral argument "has been removed from the calendar pending the resolution of Truth, with

directions that the clerk place Kane before the next available panel after Truth is decided." Reply

1:24-26. They argue, in these circumstances,Kane may not be decided for years, prolonging the delay.

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The court finds the duration of the delay in deciding the parties' cross-motions in this case

while awaiting final Ninth Circuit action in either or both of those cases has become excessive, with

no imminent resolution in sight. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED plaintiffs' Motion is

GRANTED, and a ruling from this court on the parties' cross-motions for summary judgment will be

forthcoming. The hearing of the Motion For Ruling presently scheduled for February 19, 2008 is

accordingly off-calendar.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: February 12, 2008

HONORABLE LARRY ALAN BURNS

United States District Judge

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