No. 25A322

We The Patriots USA, Inc., et al v. Ventura Unified School District, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-09-19
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: fetal-cell-lines first-amendment free-exercise religious-exemption school-attendance vaccination-mandate
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether California Health and Safety Code violates Jane Doe's First Amendment right to direct her son's religious upbringing by excluding him from every California school unless he receives vaccinations in violation of Jane Doe's faith?

2. Whether California Health and Safety Code § 120335 lacks general applicability because it permits medical exemptions, but not religious exemptions?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether California's mandatory school vaccination requirements violate the First Amendment's Free Exercise Clause by excluding a student from school due to his mother's religious objections to vaccinations derived from fetal cell lines

Docket Entries

2025-10-17
Application (25A322) referred to the Court.
2025-10-17
Application (25A322) for a writ of injunction presented to Justice Kagan and by her referred to the Court is denied.
2025-10-01
Response to application from respondent Dr. Erica Pan, Director of the California Department of Public Health filed.
2025-09-30
Response of Ventura Unified School District to application submitted.
2025-09-30
Response to application from respondent Ventura Unified School District filed.
2025-09-22
Response to application (25A322) requested by Justice Kagan, due by 4 p.m. (EDT) on October 1, 2025.
2025-09-11
Application (25A322) for writ of injunction, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Dr. Erica Pan, in her official capacity as Director of the California Department of Public Health
Christopher David HuCalifornia Department of Justice, Respondent
Ventura Unified School District
David AdidaLaw Office of David Adida, APC, Respondent
We The Patriots USA, Inc., et al.
Cameron Lee AtkinsonAtkinson Law, LLC, Petitioner