ROJAS v. CITY OF OCALA, FLORIDA

No. 18-12679.

40 F.4th 1347 (2022)

Art ROJAS, Lucinda Hale, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. CITY OF OCALA, FLORIDA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: July 22, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monica Lynn Miller , David A. Niose , American Humanist Association, Washington, DC, Heather Morcroft , Law Office of Heather Morcroft, Winter Park, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Abigail Ann Southerland , Carly F. Gammill , American Center for Law & Justice, Franklin, TN, Christina Compagnone , Jay Alan Sekulow , Jordan A. Sekulow , American Center for Law & Justice, Washington, DC, George Franjola , Patrick Gerald Gilligan , Gilligan Gooding Franjola & Batsel, Ocala, FL, Francis J. Manion , American Center for Law & Justice, New Hope, KY, Olivia F. Summers , American Center for Law & Justice, Virginia Beach, VA, for Defendant-Appellant City of Ocala, Florida.

Abigail Ann Southerland , Carly F. Gammill , American Center for Law & Justice, Franklin, TN, Christina Compagnone , Jay Alan Sekulow , American Center for Law & Justice, Washington, DC, George Franjola , Patrick Gerald Gilligan , Gilligan Gooding Franjola & Batsel, Ocala, FL, Francis J. Manion , American Center for Law & Justice, New Hope, KY, Olivia F. Summers , American Center for Law & Justice, Virginia Beach, VA, for Defendants-Appellant Chief of Police of the Ocala Police Department.

Before Newsom, Tjoflat, and Ed Carnes, Circuit Judges.


In response to a shooting spree that caused injuries to several children, the City of Ocala's Police Chief, along with some of his employees and volunteer police chaplains, worked with a community activist to organize and sponsor a prayer vigil in the town square.

The police department posted a letter on its Facebook...

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