COLON v. TWITTER, INC.

No. 20-11283.

14 F.4th 1213 (2021)

Angel COLON, Norman E. Casiano-Mojica, Franchesska Mercado, Jeanette McCoy, Cesar Rodriguez, Corey Rivera, Rosamaria Febo, David Jourdenais, Emily Ann Portalatin, Rodney Sumter, Adrian Lopez, Javier Nava, Leonel Melendez, Joaquin Rojas, Kaliesha Andino, Carlos Muniz, Juan J. Cufino-Rodriguez, Ivan Dominguez, individually and on behalf of the estate of Eric Ivan Ortiz Rivera, Cassandra Marquez, Geoffrey Rodriguez, Donald Brown, individually and on behalf of the estate of Antonio Brown, Jose Diaz, Jammy Valentin Fernandez, individually and on behalf of the estate of Leroy Valentin Fernandez, Carlos J. Perez Anglero, Demetrius Polanco, Miguel Vega, Carmen N. Capo-Quinones, individually and on behalf of the estate of Luis Omar Ocasio-Capo, Cory Richards, Jonathan L. Garcia, Olga Maria Disla, individually and on behalf of the estate of Anthony Luis Laureano Disla, Nathan Orozco, Bettie Lindsey, Neredia Ribot, Yvens Carrenard, Sonia N. Cedeno, Kadim Ramos, Mercedes Garcia, Sandy Roberts, Mercedes A. McQuery, Javier Antonetti, Keinon Carter, Marissa Delgado, Mavelyn Merced, Juan Antonetti, Rolando J. Rodriguez, Christian Oriz-Cardona, Yorvis Jose Camargo-Romero, Joseph Negron, Christopher Hansen, Nelson Rodriguez, Roberto Texidor-Carrasquillo, Chriss Michael West, Jacobi Ceballo, Michael Gonzalez, Maritza Gomez, Mohammed S. Islam, Francisco G. Pabon Garcia, Bernice DeJesus Valazquez, individually and on behalf of the estate of Franky Jimmy DeJesus Valazques, Ismail Medina Morales, individually and on behalf of the estate of Angel Candelario Padro, Edwin Rivera Alvarez, Jose Pacheco, Lizmaryee Finol Viloria, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TWITTER, INC., Google, LLC, Facebook, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 27, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith L. Altman , The Law Office of Keith Altman, Farmington Hills, MI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Ari Holtzblatt , Patrick Carome , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, LLP, Washington, DC, Jaclyn Clark , Bailey & Glasser, LLP, Petersburg, FL, Mary Ruth Houston, Shutts & Bowen, LLP, Orlando, FL, for Defendant-Appellee Twitter, Inc.

Nathan M. Berman , Zuckerman Spaeder, LLP, Tampa, FL, Brian M. Willen , Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, New York, NY, Kelly M. Knoll , Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC, Palo Alto, CA, Lauren Gallo White , Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant-Appellee Google LLC.

Kristin Andrea Linsley , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, San Francisco, CA, David S. Wood , Akerman, LLP, Orlando, FL, Allyson Newton Ho , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Dallas, TX, Jacob T. Spence , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee Facebook Inc.

Before JORDAN, BRASHER, and JULIE CARNES, Circuit Judges.


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