No. 21-1502

Jeff Swanson v. Couy Griffin, et al.

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-06-01
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: civil-liberties first-amendment free-speech public-forum qualified-immunity social-media viewpoint-discrimination
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2022-09-28
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Tenth Circuit err in reversing the decision of the District Court that Commissioner Couy Griffin was not entitled to qualified immunity after the Circuit recognized that Commissioner Griffin had engaged in viewpoint discrimination to exclude Mr. Swanson from his open to the public Facebook page where he openly discussed the public's business that he was elected to attend to?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

question presented is: Did the Tenth Circuit err in reversing the decision of the District Court that Commissioner Couy Griffin was not entitled to qualified immunity after the Circuit recognized that Commissioner Griffin had engaged in viewpoint discrimination to exclude Mr. Swanson from his open to the public Facebook page where he openly discussed the public’s business that he was elected to attend to?

Docket Entries

2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-07-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-05-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 1, 2022)

Attorneys

Jeff Swanson
Aubrey Blair DunnWestern Agriculture Resource and Business Advocate, Petitioner
Aubrey Blair DunnWestern Agriculture Resource and Business Advocate, Petitioner