No. 21-213

Nathaniel Borrell Dyer v. Atlanta Independent School System

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-08-13
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: due-process first-amendment free-speech limited-public-forum protected-speech public-figures public-forum satirical-flyer satirical-speech viewpoint-discrimination
Latest Conference: 2021-11-12
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether Atlanta Independent School System violated Mr. Dyer's First Amendment right to free speech by categorically banning him from using protected speech in a limited public forum because of a satirical flyer depicting public figures and elected officials which AISS found to be offensive?

2. Whether AISS violated Mr. Dyer's Fourteenth Amendment due process rights by categorically banning him from engaging in public comment at school board meetings while instructing him not to set foot on any AISS property or have any communication with AISS officials and staff, without providing him a way to contest the suspension?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Atlanta Independent School System violated Mr. Dyer's First Amendment right to free-speech by categorically banning him from using protected-speech in a limited-public-forum because of a satirical-flyer depicting public-figures

Docket Entries

2021-11-15
Petition DENIED.
2021-11-09
Reply of petitioner Nathaniel Borrell Dyer filed.
2021-10-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/12/2021.
2021-10-13
Brief of respondent Atlanta Independent School System in opposition filed.
2021-09-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 13, 2021 to October 13, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-09-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 13, 2021.
2021-08-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 13, 2021)

Attorneys

Atlanta Independent School System
Brandon Oliver MoulardNelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, Respondent
Nathaniel Borrell Dyer
Nathaniel Borrell Dyer — Petitioner