FI L ED U.S. COURT OF A P P E A LS E LE V E N T H C IR C U IT AUGUST 24, 2006 THOMAS K. KAH

N CL ERK [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UN ITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FO R T HE EL EV EN TH CIRC UI T

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ N o. 06- 1034 6 Non-A rgum ent Calendar

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ D. C. Docket N o. 04-23012 -CV -CMA SANDRA SNOW DEN, Pl ai nti ff -Appe llant,
ve rs us T O W N O F BA Y H A RB O R I SL A N D S, am

uni ci pa l c or

por at ion , ISA AC SA LV ER , G RE G T IN D L E , T ow n M an ag er of Bay H ar bor I slands, in his pe rs ona l and o ff

ic ia l c ap ac iti es , D ef en dants -Appe lle es .

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ Appeal f rom the United State s District Court fo r the S outhe rnD istri ct

of F lor ida

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ (A ug us t 24, 200 6) Be fo re CA RN E S, P RY O R, and C O X , Ci rc uit Jud ge s. PE R CU RIA M:2

This appeal ar ises out o f a district court’ s interpretation of a consent decree that
w as e nte re d to m em or ia liz e a se ttl em en t be tw ee n the pa rt ie s in the unde rl y ing a ct ion fo r de cl ar at or

y and i nj unc tiv e re lie f under 42 U.S.C
. § 19 83. I n r es pons e to a decision bythe Tow n of Bay Harbor Islands, F lorida (the “ Tow n”) to allow a local sy na gogu e to p la ce ali ght ed m en or ah on T ow n pr ope rty dur ing the hol iday

se as on, but to de ny S an dr a Sn ow de n ( “ Sn ow de n” ) the r igh t t o pl ac e a na tiv ity sc en e in the
sam e location at the sam e tim e, Snowden filed for d ec l ar at o ry and injunctive relief to p re ve nt i nf

ri nge m en t of

he r Fi rs t A m en dm en t r igh ts. The T own and Snowden re ached a settlem ent of their d isput e, and the district
co urt m em or ia liz ed

thi s se ttl em en t i n ac onse nt d ec re e re qui ri ng the T ow n to a llo w Snowden to erec t or spons or display s on the piece of property for th e n ext ten holid ay
se ason s and t o a llo wany oth er r es ide nt t o e re ct

or spo nsor adis play

dur ing the holid ay s. T he decree also affir m ed the Tow n’ s right to pl ace r easonable tim e, place, and m anner restrictions on these expressions
. The Tow n drafted an d passed Res ol ut io n 9 88 , whi ch pu rp or te d t o o ut li ne th e res tri ct io ns . A m ong the se r es tr ic tio ns w er e a siz e lim itatio n, a tim e re str ic tio n lim iti ng the displ ay s to th e h o l i d ay

season, and a r estriction on th e num ber of display s each pe rs on co uld spon sor or er ec t ea ch se as on, lim iti ng that num be r to one . Re sol uti on3

988 al so c ont ai ne d a pr ohi bit ionon c er em oni es and o the r ac tiv iti es inv olv ing the p h ys i c a l p r e s e n c e o f

p e o p l e o n th e p r o p e rt y a f t e r th e e r e c t i o n o f

th e d i s p l a y. Af ter the pass age o f th e resolu tion, Snowden app lied to erec t or spons or three
se parate dis play s: a

na tiv ity sc en e, asa lut e to the tr oop s, a nd a sa lut e to w om en . Sn ow de n a lso ind ic at ed in he r ap pli cati on tha t sh e w oul d arr an ge r el igi ous
ce re m oni es on the sit e of

the na tiv ity

sc en e. T he T ow n de nie d he r ap pli catio n onthe gr ound s th at

he r dis play s w er e to o lar ge and t oo num er ous, in co nf lic t w iththe
re sol uti on. T he T ow n a lso state d that Sn ow de n w as pr ohi bit ed fr om ar rangi ng any
ce re m oni es on the dis play sit e. S hortly

the re af te r, S now de n com m

uni cate d to the T ow n th at she w oul d go ah ea d w ithhe r pr opos ed dis play s and the c er em oni es de spi te the T ow n’ s r ej ec tio n of

he r ap pli catio n. T he T ow n f

ile d an e m er ge nc y

m oti on t o e nf

or ce th e co nse nt d ec re e, and Snowden filed a c ross-m otion seeking the sam e re lief. A fter a h ea rin g, the district
c o u rtr u l e dth a tth e r e s t r i c t i o n s o n th e s i z e o f e a c h d i s p l a y a n dth e n u mb e r o f d i s p l a ys pe r pe rs on w er e re as ona

ble tim e, pla ce , or m an ne r re str ic tio ns, in co nf orm an ce w ith the decree
. The c ourt declined to exercise jurisdiction over the questio n of whether the pr ohi bit ionon c er em on ie s wa s ar ea sona ble ti m e, pla ce , or

m an ne r re str ic tio n be ca use the c onse nt d ec re e doe s no t m en tio n c er em oni es .4

H av ing c onsi de re d th e br ie fs , and r el ev an t part s of th e rec or d, w e fi nd n o
re ve rs ibl e er

ro r in the dis tr ic t c ourt’ s or de r on the sub j ec t m oti ons. AFFIRMED.