Mealey's ( March 31, 2023, 12:42 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 30 granted the motion of two Californians wishing to stage protests on State Capitol grounds during the COVID-19 pandemic to voluntarily dismiss their appeal of a federal court judgment denying as moot the would-be protesters’ motion for summary judgment on claims of constitutional violations by California officials stemming from their inability to obtain demonstration permits during the pandemic and dismissing the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction....