United States v. Boyers

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• finding that a government official's act of banning a constituent from an official government social media page was unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination
• holding that when a district court’s denial of a preliminary injunction is reversed as erroneous and unresolved issues remain, the appropriate course is to “remand for the district court to reconsider [the movant’s] preliminary injunction motion”
• finding that a government official’s act of 5 blocking a constituent from an official government social media page was 6 unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination
• explaining that the plaintiff’s request for a declaratory judgment as a remedy for her constitutional claims is not duplicative of her claims for damages because “[t]his request for prospective relief appears distinct from her claim for monetary damages”
• assuming for purposes of deciding motion to dismiss that Sheriff’s Office page was a forum subject to First Amendment protection
• finding the authority to operate a sheriff’s office’s social media page “derives from [the sheriff’s] elected position, not by virtue of delegation”

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