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OBERWETTER v. HILLIARD

No. 10-5078.

639 F.3d 545 (2011)

Mary Brooke OBERWETTER, Appellant v. Kenneth HILLIARD, U.S. Park Police, and Kenneth Lee Salazar, Secretary, U.S. Department of Interior, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 17, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Gura argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs was Candice N. Hance .

Harry B. Roback , Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Ronald C. Machen Jr. , U.S. Attorney, and R. Craig Lawrence , Assistant U.S. Attorney.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GRIFFITH.

GRIFFITH, Circuit Judge:

Late on the eve of the 265th birthday of Thomas Jefferson—Author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia— Officer Kenneth Hilliard of the United States Park Police arrested plaintiff Mary Brooke Oberwetter when she refused to stop what she describes as "silent expressive dancing" inside the Jefferson Memorial. She filed suit against...

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