Week of December 20, 2023

Bailey v. Iles

Submitted by Re'Neisha Stevenson on Fri, 12/22/2023 - 06:39

Plaintiff had posted a “joke” on Facebook claiming that deputies would shoot “the infected” with Covid on sight; was arrested for terrorism; language was protected by First Amendment, deputies not entitled to qualified immunity) (Note: this case was previously reported in the 11/21/23 Actionable Conduct report. The earlier decision was withdrawn and superseded by this opinion.