By City News Service
Apr 1, 2021
GLENDALE (CNS) - Lawyers for Los Angeles County state in new court papers that a preliminary injunction issued by a judge last summer directing a Sun Valley church to refrain from holding indoor church services should be modified only to allow 25% capacity.
The county lawyers are challenging a motion by attorneys for Grace Community Church, who cite two recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions in their argument to lift the preliminary injunction in its entirety.
The preliminary injunction was issued Sept. 10 by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff as a way of stemming the spread of the coronavirus. The measure also directed the church to direct congregation members to wear masks and practice physical distancing if the house of worship decided to hold outdoor services.