ROJAS v. CITY OF OCALA

Case No. 5:14-cv-651-TJC-PRL.

739 F.Supp.3d 1068 (2024)

Art ROJAS and Lucinda Hale, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF OCALA, Defendant.

United States District Court, M.D. Florida, Ocala Division.

Signed June 26, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heather Morcroft, Law Office of Heather Morcroft, Winter Park, FL, Ayesha N. Khan, Pro Hac Vice, Potomac Law Group, PLLC, Washington, DC, Katherine E. McKerall, Pro Hac Vice, Alexandria, VA, for Plaintiffs.

Abigail A. Southerland, Pro Hac Vice, American Center for Law and Justice, Franklin, TN, George Franjola, Law Office of George Franjola, Ocala, FL, Patrick G. Gilligan, Gilligan, Gooding, Franjola & Batsel, P.A., Ocala, FL, Olivia F. Summers, Pro Hac Vice, American Center for Law & Justice, Virginia Beach, VA, Geoffrey R. Surtees, Pro Hac Vice, American Center for Law & Justice, New Hope, KY, for Defendant.


ORDER

I. PROLOGUE

This is a case about whether the City of Ocala violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment in the way it conducted a prayer vigil in the town square. In 2018, the Court ruled in favor of Plaintiffs, who are atheists.

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