Mealey's (February 22, 2023, 8:57 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 21 denied the petition for writ of certiorari of school parents seeking review of a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals en banc opinion that a challenge to California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive orders closing schools for in-person instruction in response to the COVID-19 pandemic was moot because the orders had been rescinded under the changing conditions of the pandemic....