No. 24-5971

Maritza Ortiz v. Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

Lower Court: Puerto Rico
Docketed: 2024-11-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights ethics-rules first-amendment free-speech petitioning-redress strict-scrutiny
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw Takings Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-01-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Puerto Rico's ethics rules, when applied to private speech while petitioning for redress, are subject to strict scrutiny under the First Amendment's Free Speech Clause

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED The question presented is whether, under this specific circumstance’, and under this Supreme Court of the United States’ precedents, interpreting the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico's underdeveloped and vague ethics’ rules, are subject to strict scrutiny. ‘tn this case, the Petitioner's private speech was attacked, while petitioning redress, on behalf of one of Ortiz's own kids, of minor age. Il

Docket Entries

2025-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2024-12-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-05-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 16, 2024)

Attorneys

Maritza Ortiz
Maritza Ortiz — Petitioner
Maritza Ortiza — Petitioner
Maritza Ortiz-Sanchez
Maritza Ortiz-Sanchez — Petitioner