Institute for Justice: Texas Federal Judge Tosses Qualified Immunity Defense in First Amendment Retaliation Case
March 16, 2021
March 16, 2021
ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 16 -- The Institute for Justice issued the following news release:
On Friday Sylvia Gonzalez--a retiree and former Castle Hills, Texas, councilmember thrown in jail for speaking out against her local government--got the news she has waited more than a year to hear.
In a powerful ruling issued Friday afternoon, Judge David Alan Ezra dismissed (https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/MTD-Order-CH.pdf) the city's motion to dismiss and ruled th . . .
On Friday Sylvia Gonzalez--a retiree and former Castle Hills, Texas, councilmember thrown in jail for speaking out against her local government--got the news she has waited more than a year to hear.
In a powerful ruling issued Friday afternoon, Judge David Alan Ezra dismissed (https://ij.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/MTD-Order-CH.pdf) the city's motion to dismiss and ruled th . . .