public-space

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-402 John Lugo v. Alan Burton, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-10-10 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights first-amendment loitering police-discretion public-space reasonable-restriction In determining whether a police officer acted reasonably in denying a citizen's right to loiter on public property for innocent purposes protected by …
23-1090 Scott D. Pitta v. Dina Medeiros, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as Administrator of Special Education for the Bridgewater Raynham Regional School District, et al. First Circuit 2024-04-05 Denied Amici (3) citizen-rights civil-rights expressive-activity first-amendment free-speech government-employee inherently-expressive public-interest public-space recording-rights 1. Whether the act of recording a government employee engaged in his or her duties is inherently expressive activity entitled to First Amendment prote…
21-786 James P. Crocker v. Steven Eric Beatty, Deputy Sheriff, Martin County, Florida Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-29 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights first-amendment free-speech police-activity public-recording public-space qualified-immunity recording-rights 1. Whether a First Amendment right to record police activities in public has been clearly established so as to preclude application of qualified immun…
21-5880 C. C. v. S. T. California 2021-10-04 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-discretion public-space standing video-recording 1. WHETHER, video cameras used in public are protected by The United States Constitution, especially when applying and exercising under the 1st Amendm…
19-345 Dorian Johnson v. City of Ferguson, Missouri, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-09-17 Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights fourth-amendment move-on-order police-encounter public-space reasonable-person-standard seizure totality-of-circumstances use-of-force A "seizure" occurs under the Fourth Amendment when, under the totality of the circumstances, "a reasonable person would believe he was not free to dec…
18-6521 Leonard J. Porto, lll v. City of Laguna Beach, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-31 Denied IFP article-iii-standing civil-rights credible-threat-of-enforcement due-process enforcement-threat homeless homeless-rights local-ordinance municipal-code public-space shelter-policy standing To challenge a local ordinance that prohibits sleeping in public at all hours, must a party show that he was "arrested, charged, or convicted under th…