No. 20-7780

James Plas Sams v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-04-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-violation content-based-regulation expressive-association first-amendment free-speech group-grievance retaliation
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment
Latest Conference: 2021-06-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did California's actions violate the right of expressive-association and constitute content-based-discrimination?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED ; | The Constitution guarantees a right to expressive association for activities protected by the First Amendment. Similarly, the Constitution limits content-based regulations that prohibit public discussion of.an entire topic. Petitioner and other inmates filed group grievances that challenged constitutional violations pursuant to California regulations. The grievances were arbitrarily rejected and Petitioner filed a civil lawsuit. In retaliation California banned the group grievance regulations that had been in effect for 30 years. Did California's actions | violate the right of expressive association and constitute | . content-based discrimination? : | | | | | | | | | | . |

Docket Entries

2021-06-21
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/17/2021.
2021-02-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 17, 2021)

Attorneys

James Plas Sams
James Sams — Petitioner
James Sams — Petitioner