Chris Geidner at MetroWeekly writes that Deputy Attorney General Tamar Pachter, responding for AG Brown, said in her letter that the Pacific Justice Institute's effort on behalf of Pastor Joshua Beckley "is too little, too late."

Pachter concluded:

It is within the Attorney General's discretion to determine that it is or that it is not appropriate to pursue an appeal. In Perry, given the Attorney General's position at trial, there are no grounds for an appeal, and the filing of an appeal under such circumstance would be frivolous. The petitioner's contention to the contrary is manifestly without merit.