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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTSOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

----xTHE BRONX HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH, 01 C . 8598 (LAP)ROBERT HALL 1 and JACK ROBERTS 1

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BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OFNEW YORK and COMMUNITY SCHOOLDISTRICT NO. 10 1

Defendants . ----------------- -x LORETTA A. PRESKA Chief Uni Sta tes D i s t r i c t

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Bronx Household of th Robert Hal l , JackRober ts ( \ \ i ffs l l ) have s Cour t fo r a pre l iminaryin junc t aga ins t th e Board of ion of the Ci o f NewYork ( "Board ll ) and Communi School D i s t r i c t No. 10( co l lec t "Defendants ll ) so P l a i n t i f f s may cont inue to

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meet in New York City publ ic I P.S. 15 fo r Sundayworship as have without ion s ince t h i s Cour ti ssued an i n i t i a l pre l iminary in 2002 bar r ingDefendants from enforc ing a r egu la t t h a t would proh ib i tPl a i n t i f f s from conduct ing t h e i r ious worship se rv icesthe Board/s s . In November 2007, t h i s Cour t made

lpre l iminary unct ion permanent and ed P l a i n t i f f s motionfo r summary j

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On June 2, 2011, th e Court of Appeals reversed summaryjudgment and vaca t t permanent in junc t ion . Af te r th eSupreme Court ed a i n t i f f s ' pet ion fo r c e r t i o r a r i , theCourt of Appeals i s sued i t s mandate on December 7, 2011. TheBoard in tends to begin enforc ing immediate sec t ion I .Q ofChance l lor ' s Regula t ion D 180, which would preven t P l a i n t i f f sand o ther s i m i l a r l y s i t u a t e d re l ig ious organ iza t ions and t h e i rmembers from u s i th e Board 's schools fo r worsh se rv ices assoon as s weekend.

Because I f ind t h a t PIa i f f s have demonstra tedi r r eparab le harm and a l ike l ihood of success on th e meri t s oft he i r Free Exercise ause and Establ ishment Clause claims, theCourt i s sues t h i s temporary r e s t r a i n i n g orde r enjDefendants from orc ing t ha t pa r t Chance l lo r ' s Regula t ionD-180 t h a t prov ides : "No rmit s ha l l be gran ted fo r the purposeof holding re l ig ious worship se rv ices , o r otherwise us aschool as a house of worship.ff 1 See v. Johnson, 962 F.Supp. 391, 39 2 (S.D.N.Y. 1997) ("In the Second C i rc u i t , th es tandard fo r a temporary res t ra in ing orde r i s th e same as fo r apre l iminary in junc t . f f ) . This r e s t r a ng orde r 1 take

1 Chance l lor ' s Regula t ion D 18 0 I .Q, Extended Use of SchoolBuildings, h t : / /schools .nyc .gov/NR/rdonlyres/023114D9 EA444FEO BCEE 45778134EA14/0/D180.pdf ( la s t v i s i February 16,2012) .

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e f f ec t immediate and rema ef c t for ten days. A wri t t enopin ion wil l low.

SO ORDERED.

New York, New York February 16, 2012

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