1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY ON FIRE CHRISTIAN CENTER, INC. PLAINTIFF v. CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:20-CV-264-JRW GREG FISCHER, et al. DEFENDANTS

TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER

1.

The Court

GRANTS

the motion for a temporary restraining order filed by On Fire

Christian Center, Inc. (“On Fire”)

against Mayor Greg Fischer and the City of Louisville (together,

“

Louisville

”).

2.

The Court

ENTERS

this Temporary Restraining Order on Saturday, April 11, 2020 at 2:00 P.M.

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3.

The Court

ENJOINS

Louisville from enforcing; attempting to enforce; threatenin g to enforce; or otherwise requiring compliance with any prohibition on drive-in church services at On Fire.

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4.

Unless the Court enters this Temporary Restraining Order, the members of On Fire will suffer irreparable harm.

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The government plans to substantially burden their religious practice on one of the most important ho lidays of the Christian calendar, Easter Sunday.

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1

Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(b)(2).

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As a general rule,

a court’s

injunction “should be no more burdensome to the defendant than necessary to provide complete relief to the plaintiffs.”

Califano v. Yamasaki

, 442 U.S. 682, 702 (1979). But Louisville ought not to view the l imits of this injunction as a green light to violate the religious liberty of non-parties.

Cf.

42 U.S.C. § 1983.

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Id.

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DN 1 ¶ 13.