My guess is he probably release his ruling until Wednesday at the earliest, and possibly not until Friday.

Anyone heard an update today?

I imagine LA County’s court system has a website that contains schedules for all courts and what their actual dockets are on a daily basis; e.g., trial, motions hearing, status, etc. In my experience, these sites are not easily accessed by the public (e.g., sign-ins requiring entry of attorney registration number). I never practiced in California nor LA County, so I don’t know what they have. My guess is that the contempt citation has been given its own date for appearance and/or hearing. Probably an arraignment date for MacArthur to have his attorney enter his/her appearance and for MacArthur to enter a formal plea.

I checked the LA Times today, and there was nothing about MacArthur, so I’m thinking not much of anything happened yesterday.

Given MacArthur still held indoor services on Sun. Aug 23 (and doesn’t appear to have followed Chalfant’s orders), the contempt is continuing.

However everything is under the same case number (20STCV30695) so it is hard to figure out what each hearing is for.

IIRC (I’m too lazy to look it up right now), today’s hearing was scheduled before the contempt citation was filed. Contempt is something the court could put off (unless the contemptuous behavior is continuing). Since contempt carries the possibility of jail, MacArthur’s lawyer wouldn’t want to rush into a hearing on that. (And the County probably didn’t have witnesses ready, since today hadn’t been set for a trial.) Anyway, that’s my take, without reading anything new on this case.

It does suggest that MacArthur cooled it this past weekend. But again, my guess only.

IIRC (I’m too lazy to look it up right now), today’s hearing was scheduled before the contempt citation was filed. Contempt is something the court could put off (unless the contemptuous behavior is continuing). Since contempt carries the possibility of jail, MacArthur’s lawyer wouldn’t want to rush into a hearing on that. (And the County probably didn’t have witnesses ready, since today hadn’t been set for a trial.) Anyway, that’s my take, without reading anything new on this case.

It does suggest that MacArthur cooled it this past weekend. But again, my guess only.