No. 22-696

Reginald L. Gundy v. City of Jacksonville, Florida, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2023-01-26
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights first-amendment free-exercise free-speech government-speech qualified-immunity retaliation
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment
Latest Conference: 2023-02-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Petitioner's invited invocation before the City Council was private speech or government speech

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether Petitioner’s invited invocation before the City Council, without any instructions or limitations, was private speech as the district court held, or did the Court of Appeals err by finding that the invocation was government speech. 2. Whether Petitioner’s rights under the First Amendment’s Free Exercise of Religion clause were violated and he was retaliated against when his invocation before the City Council was silenced by the presiding official due to political reasons. 3. Whether Petitioner’s rights under the First Amendment’s Free Speech clause were violated and he was retaliated against when his invocation before the City Council was silenced by the presiding official due to political reasons 4. Whether the City Council President Aaron L. Bowman was entitled to qualified immunity for silencing the Petitioner’s invocation to the City Council.

Docket Entries

2023-02-21
Petition DENIED.
2023-02-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/17/2023.
2023-01-30
Waiver of right of respondent City of Jacksonville, Florida, et al. to respond filed.
2022-12-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 27, 2023)

Attorneys

City of Jacksonville, Florida, et al.
Craig D. FeiserOffice of the General Counsel City of Jacksonville, Respondent
Craig D. FeiserOffice of the General Counsel City of Jacksonville, Respondent
Reginald Gundy
Neil L. HenrichsenHenrichsen Law Group, Petitioner
Neil L. HenrichsenHenrichsen Law Group, Petitioner