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Regina Therese Drexler v. Theresa Spahn, et al.

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Colorado, No. 2020SA393 · judgment March 18, 2021


Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Whether the First Amendment permits the issuance of a civil protection order to (i) punish a “pattern” of conduct where such conduct includes only protected speech and activities, or (ii) permits a civil protection order to act as a prior restraint of speech about a protected person?

  2. Whether Section 1983 relief is available to remedy First Amendment violations arising from (i) punishment of “pattern” of conduct where such conduct includes only protected speech and activities, (ii) prior restraint of speech about a protected person, and (iii) punishment of appellate petitioning challenging such punishment and restraint, as well as Second Amendment and due process violations alleged but not addressed by the lower courts?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Regina Therese Drexler
Drexler Law LLC

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 11 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Jun 16 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 23, 2021)