Mealey's (September 23, 2022, 8:42 AM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California federal court denied as moot would-be protesters’ motion for summary judgment on their claims of constitutional violations by California state officials stemming from the protesters’ inability to obtain demonstration permits during the COVID-19 pandemic, denied as moot the officials’ cross-motion for summary judgment and dismissed the action for lack of subject jurisdiction because all permit restrictions and the stay-at-home order that led to them had expired and there was no reasonable expectation that the permit restrictions or stay-at-home order would be reinstated....