• Parties:
  • Plaintiffs: Jesse Hammons
  • Defendants: University of Maryland Medical System Corporation (UMMS), UMSJ Health System, University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center
• Filed: 16 July 2020
• Case no.: 1:20-cv-02088 (District of Maryland)
• View docket on PACER
• View case at ACLU

Notable documents

• 105 – Motion for Summary Judgment by Jesse Hammons (25 July 2022)
  • 105-1 – Memorandum in Support
  • 105-6 – Exhibit 4 (Deposition of Dr. Gail P. Cunningham, 14 Apr 2022)
  • 105-14 – Exhibit 12 (Deposition of Father Louis Asobi, 11 Apr 2022)
• 129 – Reply in support of motion for leave to file exhibits under seal (9 Feb 2023)
  • 129-1 – Attachment #1: Declaration of Adil Daudi
• 132 – Defendant’s notice of filing of redacted exhibits (13 Mar 2023)
  • 132-1 – Attachment #1: Exhibit 7
    • Catholic Identity Agreement among UMSJ Health System, LLC, University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center, LLC, University of Maryland Medical System, and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Baltimore
  • 132-2 – Attachment #2: Exhibit 13
    • University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center, LLC Resolution of Board of Directors – September 11, 2019
    • University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center, LLC Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement

Resources

• “Government’s Religious Hospitals” by Elizabeth Sepper and James D. Nelson in Virginia Law Review Association (Sepper & Nelson, 2023)

See also

• Ethical and Religious Directives (ERDs)
• National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC)
• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)

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Last updated on 22 Mar 2023 by Zinnia Jones