No. 24-6036

Antonio Medina v. Microsoft Corporation, et al.

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2024-11-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: circuit-split court-sealed-documents first-amendment immunity publication-rights section-230
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2025-01-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Supreme Court should resolve the circuit split regarding immunity under Section 230 of Title 47 of the United States Code and First Amendment protections for publishing altered court-sealed documents

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the split in the Circuits regarding tests to grant immunity under section 230 of title 47 of the United States Code should remain unresolved. 2. Whether the conflict among many courts on the scope of Section 230 of Title 47 of the United States Code should remain unresolved. 3. Whether the circuit court of appeals split created by Anderson v. TikTok, Inc., No. 22-3061 (3d Cir. Aug. 27, 2024) in a very important area of the law should be resolved. 4. Whether Defendants did enjoy immunity under Section 230 of Title 47 of the United States Code or the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States for publishing documents sealed by a United States District Court after _ they curated them and removed the redactions. 5. Whether Defendants' publication of court-sealed and redacted documents, after they removed the redactions, concerns an issue of public interest and is protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States 6. Whether documents sealed by a United States District Court were public documents after defendants altered them and removed the seal/redactions. 7, Whether a complaint alleging that Defendants published court-sealed and redacted documents after they removed the redactions, isa SLAPP based on Section 230 of Title 47 of the United States Code or the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. ii

Docket Entries

2025-01-27
Petition DENIED.
2025-01-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2025.
2024-11-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 26, 2024)

Attorneys

Antonio Medina
Antonio Medina — Petitioner
Antonio Medina — Petitioner