No. 18-1555

Scott A. Boyler v. City of Lackawanna, New York, et al.

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2019-06-20
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: aggravated-harassment constitutional-rights first-amendment free-speech free-speech,civil-rights,retaliation,qualified-imm malicious-prosecution qualified-immunity retaliation social-media summary-judgment
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Securities Privacy
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether retaliation chilled free speech under an objective or subjective test

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Did the Second Circuit err in adopting a subjective test for whether retaliation chilled free speech, contrary to at least six other Circuits that use an objective test. 2. Did the Second Circuit err in holding that the plaintiff could be arrested for posting pure political speech on social media? 3. Did the trial court err in holding that the individual defendants were entitled to qualified immunity as it was not clearly established that a citizen could not be arrested for posting pure political speech on Facebook? 4. Did the trial court err in holding that a website post can constitute aggravated harassment under New York law? 5. Did the trial court err in granting summary judgment to the defendants? 6. Did the trial court err in holding that the defendants were entitled to summary judgment with respect to the malicious prosecution causes of action? ii Il.

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-06-24
Waiver of right of respondents City of Lackawanna, Joseph Leo and Brian Lakso to respond filed.
2019-06-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 22, 2019)

Attorneys

City of Lackawanna, Joseph Leo and Brian Lakso
Julie P. ApterGoldberg Segalla, Respondent
Scott Boyler
Michael KuzmaMichael Kuzma, Petitioner