BOQUIST v. COURTNEY

No. 20-35080.

32 F.4th 764 (2022)

Brian J. BOQUIST, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Peter COURTNEY, Oregon State Senate President, in his official capacity; Floyd Prozanski, Senator, in his official capacity as Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Conduct; James Manning, Senator, in his official capacity as member of the Special Senate Conduct Committee; Dexter Johnson, in his official capacity as Legislative Counsel; Jessica Knieling, in her official capacity as interim Human Resources Director; Brenda Kay Baumgart, in her official capacity as contract investigators to the Oregon State Senate; Daron Hill, in his official Legislative Administration capacity; Melissa J. Healy, in her official capacity as contract investigators to the Oregon State Senate, and all in their official capacities in the Legislative Branch of the State of Oregon, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 21, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian J. Boquist, Dallas, Oregon, pro se Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jona J. Maukonen , Assistant Attorney-In-Charge; Benjamin Gutman , Solicitor General; Ellen F. Rosenblum , Attorney General; Department of Justice, Salem, Oregon; for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: William A. Fletcher, Sandra S. Ikuta, and Daniel A. Bress, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

After minority party state senators in Oregon walked out of the state senate to prevent a quorum, members of the majority party threatened to send the state police to arrest them and return them to the capitol. One minority party senator, Brian J. Boquist, made two statements (one on the floor of the senate...

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