GUFFEY v. MAUSKOPF

No. 20-5183 Consolidated with 20-5208.

45 F.4th 442 (2022)

Lisa GUFFEY and Christine Smith, Appellees v. Roslynn R. MAUSKOPF, in Her Official Capacity as Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 16, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weili J. Shaw , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellant/cross-appellee. With him on the briefs were Brian M. Boynton , Acting Assistant Attorney General, and Scott R. Mcintosh , Attorney.

Scott Michelman argued the cause for appellees/cross-appellants. With him on the briefs was Arthur B. Spitzer.

Dissenting opinion by Circuit Judge Henderson.


Lisa Guffey and Christine Smith work at the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. When they are away from work, they want to express support for their preferred candidates in partisan elections.

AO employees could do that for the first 79 years of the agency's history. But since 2018, the AO has forbidden...

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