No. 21-7115

Robert Stahlnecker v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-02-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: communications-law constitutional-challenge criminal-law first-amendment free-speech political-speech statutory-interpretation telecommunications
Latest Conference: 2022-03-18
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does 47 U.S.C. § 223(a)(1)(C) violate the First Amendment when applied to political speech, as it was in this case?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does 47 U.S.C. § 223(a)(1)(C) violate the First Amendment when applied to political speech?

Docket Entries

2022-03-21
Petition DENIED.
2022-02-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022.
2022-02-22
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-02-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 17, 2022)

Attorneys

Robert Stahlnecker
Ethan Atticus BaloghBalogh & Co., APC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent