O’Handley v. Weber
Petition for certiorari denied on July 2, 2024
Issues: (1) Whether the complaint plausibly alleged that state officials acted under color of state law in violation of the First Amendment when a state agency, which exists to police online speech, singled out petitioner’s disfavored political speech for Twitter to punish and Twitter complied; and (2) whether the government speech doctrine empowers state officials to tell Twitter to remove political speech that the state deems false or misleading.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Jun 08 2023 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 12, 2023) |
| Jun 27 2023 | Waiver of right of respondent Shirley N. Weber, California Secretary of State to respond filed. |
| Jun 28 2023 | Waiver of right of respondent X Corp. (fka Twitter Inc.) to respond filed. |
| Jul 12 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Justin Hart and Liberty Justice Center filed. |
| Jul 12 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute filed. |
| Jul 26 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023. |
| Jul 26 2023 | Response Requested. (Due August 25, 2023) |
| Aug 16 2023 | Motion of Shirley N. Weber, California Secretary of State to extend the time to file a response from August 25, 2023 to September 25, 2023, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Aug 16 2023 | Motion of X Corp. (fka Twitter Inc.) to extend the time to file a response from August 25, 2023 to September 25, 2023, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Aug 17 2023 | The motions to extend the time to file responses are granted and the time is extended to and including September 25, 2023, for all respondents. |
| Aug 25 2023 | Brief amici curiae of America's Future, et al. filed. |
| Aug 25 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Alliance Defending Freedom filed. |
| Aug 25 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Montana, et al. filed. |
| Sep 25 2023 | Brief of respondent Shirley N. Weber, California Secretary of State in opposition filed. |
| Sep 25 2023 | Brief of respondent X Corp. (fka Twitter Inc.) in opposition filed. |
| Oct 03 2023 | Reply of petitioner Rogan O'Handley filed. |
| Oct 11 2023 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/27/2023. |
| Oct 25 2023 | Letter dated October 23, 2023, from counsel for petitioner received. (Distributed) |
| Jun 28 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/1/2024. |
| Jul 02 2024 | Petition DENIED. |
