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Charles Robol v. City of Columbus, Ohio, et al.
IFP petition · Court of Appeals of Ohio, Franklin County, No. 24AP-348 · judgment March 20, 2025
Questions presented
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Whether a municipality's imposition of overbroad and viewpoint-discriminatory restrictions—including a permanent ban from a public forum, the denial of press credentials, and a prior restraint on the right to record public officials—violates the First Amendment's guarantees of freedom of speech and press.
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Whether a state court's reliance on a fundamentally flawed record to grant summary judgment, along with its failure to resolve genuine issues of material fact and apply binding precedent, violates the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of procedural due process.
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Whether the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable seizures is violated when a citizen, peacefully recording in a public forum, is handcuffed and detained without a legitimate law enforcement purpose, and whether a state court's failure to address this claim constitutes a grave legal error warranting reversal.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Charles Robol
For respondent
Sarah Feldkamp
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Nov 10 2025Petition DENIED.
- Oct 16 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
- Oct 02 2025Waiver of right of respondent City of Columbus, et al. to respond filed.
- Sep 22 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 27, 2025)