Jeremiah Curtis-Shanley v. J.G.
DueProcess Securities Privacy
Whether the State of Connecticut violated the petitioner's First and Fourteenth Amendment rights through a no-contact order that allegedly chilled speech and denied due process without lawful justification
Did the State of Connecticut violate the petitioner's 1st and 14th Amendment rights when it imposed a no contact order (CPO) for speech/conduct that was neither unlawful, threatening, defamatory, nor obscene, given that he had no connection to the state and objected? (CT CPOs are judicial, not legislative, prior restraints.) Does Connecticut's system of judicial publicity chill the petitioner ’s right to petition the government? (ii) QUESTIONS PRESENTED (Continued) Did the Connecticut appellate court violate the petitioner's 1st and 14th Amendment rights when it barred him from saying the respondent's name in public on threat of dismissing his case, and then dismissed his case when he was unable or unwilling to appear publicly on camera? Did the State of Connecticut violate the 1st and 14th amendment by sua sponte redacting the respondent ’s name but refusing the petitioner ’s repeated requests to redact, seal, or anonymize the petitioner and his case? Does this serve to chill the petitioner and others from appealing or protesting, and is this a punishment? Was his right to anonymity and petition denied? The public ’s rights? Did the CPO process deny the petitioner due process by, for instance, denying him the right to cross examine, investigate, and obtain discovery? This case alleges prior restraints were imposed without due process by the State of Connecticut on a citizen of another state. This prevented him from exercising freedom of speech, movement, and association. Perhaps most importantly, it has barred the citizen of one state from commencing a court proceeding in his own state against a person who is a temporary resident of another state. Has the respondent and the State of Connecticut, as well as the federal government, violated the petitioner ’s and public ’s constitutional rights? (iii)