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Richard Rogalinski v. Meta Platforms, Inc.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 22-16327 · judgment November 16, 2023
Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Ninth Circuit decision below, counsel who has filed here before, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and down for a business respondent.
Questions presented
The Executive Branch of the United States Government acted in concert with Meta Platforms, Inc., to censor protected speech. The questions presented are:
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Whether the Petitioner sufficiently stated a claim for relief under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.
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Whether the Petitioner’s allegations that Meta Platforms was a State Actor were sufficient to survive a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) Motion to Dismiss.
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Whether the First Amendment prohibits the Federal Government from instructing and compelling private social media platforms in the identification, censorship, and removal of protected speech from their platforms.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Andrew Zachary Tapp
Metropolitan Law Group, PLLC
For respondent
Kenneth Winn Allen
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Case
Subject area
First Amendment (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, March 18, 2024 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Mar 18 2024Petition DENIED.
- Feb 28 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2024.
- Feb 27 2024Waiver of right of respondent Meta Platforms, Inc. to respond filed.
- Feb 14 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 22, 2024)