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Matthew Strugar

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Protest Defender. First Amendment. Anti-SLAPP. Animal Law. Prisoners' Rights. Police Misconduct. Living kidney donor. Formerly @peta ; @theccr

Los Angeles, CA

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Joined December 2016

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Starting a thread about the process of considering giving away a kidney to save a stranger's life. And maybe it will eventually get to the process itself. I'm hoping this will be informative for anyone considering it but I also hope it will persuade others to consider it. 🧵

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I’ve been attacked.

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Ten years ago I filed a suit against SeaWorld on behalf of five orcas alleging their captivity violated the 13th Amendment. Then, starting three years ago, I began receiving mysterious 1980s postcards "from" the captive animals at SeaWorld. Short thread ->

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a short thread on an anti-SLAPP case I just wrapped up. in 2020, a formerly homeless woman ran for city council in downey, a fairly conservative suburb of los angeles. she wanted to enact rent control. she won. and the powers that be there kind of freaked out.

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In 2019, LAPD officers took blind, 62-year-old Black man, strapped him to a gurney, and suffocated him with a towel as the writhed and screamed for help. Today we can finally announce that the City settled the case for $300,000 to avoid going to trial.

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THIS IS THE BEST VIDEO

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Not posting much here anymore, but a story about sodomy laws and sex offender registration. I had a former client call me yesterday. He wasn't be allowed to go on a cruise his daughter booked for the family because he was convicted of having sex with another man in 2001.

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This is the hill I will die on: the movies that stream are mostly junk and are split across ten services. The DVD by mail still has almost everything for like $7/month. It’s both a better service and value.

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All of which is to say to everyone who participated: great job, thank you, I loved these more than you know. And so did other lawyers in my suite. A+ job and thank you again! 🥰

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There is an attorney who keeps sending cease and desist letters to activists who criticize the governments of small cities in Southeast Los Angeles. Even after being told that there is no such thing as defaming a city, she still sends these letters out. Lucrative work, I suppose.

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echo park liberated

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I wrote an letter to every lawyer I could find at the company, and much to the company's credit, they fixed it within hours. And even wrote this nice note. But not everyone has a lawyer they can call to take care of it in an hours' notice. There's really almost no escape.

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twenty five years vegan today 🥳

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i had to edit out "prosecutors might be able to get away with filing everything a week late in criminal court, but civil court has rules that litigants must follow" out of like four of my briefs

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Having reached the end of the 1980s postcard pack, the author revealed himself as @BradThomsonNoP , which makes perfect sense: civil rights lawyer, vegan, gets prisoner mail, funny. He enlisted a variety of people, including @SharlynDGrace and @thetinyraccoon (maybe others?).

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People in the streets screaming “FUCK THE ASTROS” lol

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on a call with an activist getting her car searched & she has me on speaker and the cop is like "what kind of attorney is mister matthew?" & I respond "I'm not answering any cop's questions" & the cop goes "never heard of an attorney who doesn't want to talk about himself" lol

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and we got this message that he sent to an anti-rent-control council-member right before he sued. whoops. now we have a fee award for more than 75% of his annual salary.

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I tried to settle my fees with him, he refused. today the judge awarded >150% of what i offered him. but my favorite part is that one of the rent control advocates asked for texts between the prosecutor and city council members.

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Osama Bin Laden’s perfect life became a perfect nightmare. “Everything changed in a split second—overnight,” he tells Los Angeles during a half-hour Zoom call from his lawyer’s office in Abbottabad.

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@LAmag “Another plane, a Boeing 767-200ER, was also spotted slamming into the New York skyline, in what some are describing as a frisky game of cat and mouse.”

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two lessons. one: never file for defamation. two: take the settlement offer if fees are mandatory. taking it to motion will only increase the amount (by a lot).

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one resident, who is a prosecutor here in LA, published a rambling op-ed where he said it would be a crime for the new city council-member to vote for rent control because she is a renter herself and it would be financial self dealing.

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anyway, as soon as I filed the anti-SLAPP, they withdrew, leaving this prosecutor to represent himself. which he didn't do a great job of. he filed everything late, tried to get discovery (denied), tried to move dates (denied). and, of course, he lost the anti-SLAPP.

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rent control supporters pilloried the prosecutor. one published an op-ed calling him a "hack lawyer." a bunch of others talked shit at a city council hearing. the prosecutor then turned around and sued all of his critics, claiming defamation.

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gotta make up the hundred million dollars you lit on fire somehow

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if the dems had any spine they’d pack the court with like eight teenagers who believe the fifth amendment requires universal housing and healthcare and the third amendment prohibits police officers from carrying guns. just make it up it doesn’t matter

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omg we just won our case about montana registering people with pre-Lawrence sodomy convictions from registering as sex offenders. crying. maybe never been so proud of a win. omg.

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i swear people are ten times more likely to think a computer is sentient and deserves right than admit that, say, a chimpanzee has emotions and shouldn't be locked in a tiny cage his whole life

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This was two weeks before departing. This is insane: convicted for something that is constitutionally protected, under a facially unconstitutional law, and your registration is enjoined as unconstitutional, and STILL this kind of shit haunts you.

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just in case it needs saying: i want all the post-roe first amendment cases i can handle. hosting a website that encourages abortion? providing instructions on self-induced abortions? offering to pay for travel costs to another state? i want em. free of charge, of course.

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Anyway, I loved getting these. I loved the tone, I loved that they knew the law (8th vs. 14th amendment claims), and most of all I loved that they poked fun at the performative aspect of the 13th Amendment case without mocking the seriousness of captive animals' suffering.

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he was represented by a firm i've dealt with before who represent politicians and powerful interests in small southeast LA cities. a lot of chest puffing and arrogance. i met and conferred with them on a demurrer and they couldn't have been more self-assured in their position.

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@EWErickson @voxdotcom The cops stole and barbecued a nine year old girl’s goat, Erick.

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PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION GRANTED!! Caruso-the-company must allow critics of Caruso-the-Mayoral-Candidate to protest at Caruso-the-mall (the Grove)!

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@agc1901 @savbrads @gaydummy1337 shallots are kind of both

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This was my favorite: “Dear Mr. Strugar, I got your name from some of the other guys in here. They said you did good work for them on some of their cases. There aren’t many lawyers that take these kinds of cases, so I’m hoping you can help..."

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Osama Bin Laden’s perfect life became a perfect nightmare. “Everything changed in a split second—overnight,” he tells Los Angeles during a half-hour Zoom call from his lawyer’s office in Abbottabad.

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Rebecca Grossman’s perfect life became a perfect nightmare. “Everything changed in a split second—overnight,” she tells Los Angeles during a half-hour Zoom call from her lawyer’s office in October.

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me to opposing counsel after the successful settlement conference

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Former QAnon believer to @andersoncooper : "I apologize for thinking that you ate babies"

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the cops who killed this young activist are Bryland Myers, Jerry Parrish, Jonathan Salcedo, Mark Jonathan Lamb, Ronaldo Kegel, and Royce Zah

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NEW: Activists in Georgia posted flyers naming one of the cops in Tortuguita’s killing. They were arrested, placed in solitary confinement and now face a felony and 20 years in prison. W/ @natashalennard

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This was the first one: "Attorney Strugar, On the other side of this message is a photo of the humiliating activities that our captors force us to perform. Perhaps you can use this as evidence. Thank you for all the work you do for us. Sincerely, Your imprisoned orca clients.”

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"... I filed suit pro se and will send you the paperwork. Sincerely, the 'Superstar' Sea Lion.” ("some of the other guys in here" and "I filed suit pro se and will send you the paperwork" kills me 😆.)

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Thread about today's victory in the California Supreme Court: not to be overly hyperbolic, but today the Court saved the anti-SLAPP statute from potential ruin. If the statute didn't apply in this case, it risked not applying anywhere.

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Back then, 11 states still criminalized being gay. It took the Supreme Court to stop them, and that didn't happen until 2003. But these men (usually men, at least) still had these convictions. And four states still made them register as sex offenders.

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One state eventually repealed that restriction, and me and a group of civil rights orgs sued the other three into submission. But that wasn't until 2015 to 2022. So, more than a decade of unconstitutional registration obligations.

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@ElieNYC Seems to set an ideal condition to pass Medicare for All. If only the Democrats nominated a candidate who had any interest.

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🚨 court grants our request for a temporary restraining order in the BLM v. LA case!! LAPD is restricted from many uses of 37mm and 40mm "less lethal" weapons on demonstrators.

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".. Sincerely, the whales. P.S. Have you gotten out other letters? I think they’re messing with our mail.” ("I think they're messing with our mail" cracked me up again. Nailed the tone of prisoner mail.)

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The handwriting changed. So did the postmarks - they came from all over. "“Attorney Strugar - Thank you so much for your defense of us all. You’re an incredible ally to so many, but especially us. We appreciate you.”

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A lot of them read like real letters civil rights attorneys get from prisoners: “Counsel, We’d like to retain your services for a class action for an 8th Amendment conditions of confinement claim. Though it is arguably a 14th Amendment claim, as we have not been convicted of ..."

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They congratulated me on cases I won: “Hi Mr. Strugar, Congrats on your win in Iowa! Bye bye Ag-Gag! Can you Sea World + free us? love, the Orcas.”

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They started to address me informally: “Dear Matthew, (We hope we can call you that), just a note to say thank you for advancing the rights of non-human animals. Years later the impact continues. Yours in struggle, Flock 7.”

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don't let herrera at @LALabor fly under the radar here, either. he seems to be the one calling a two year old child a "little bitch" for being raised by a gay couple.

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Anyway, this client has a court order saying the state cannot register him. His sodomy conviction is his only conviction. But when his daughter booked her whole family a cruise (months ago), the cruise company told her that her father could not board because he was a sex offender

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I had no idea who was doing these, either. The handwriting looked like a college friend's, but he isn't a lawyer and it would be weird if he got those details right. And he lives in Germany, and these were sent mostly from the midwest and east coast.

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"... anything! We are *innocent*! Both as a legal matter and a moral issue. We are also interested in spring them for using our likeness on this postcard. Sincerely, the whales. (They talk to but but they don’t listen. We are begging these children to free us!)"

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“Dear Attorney Strugar, Congratulations on your Ag-Gag victory in Iowa! I’m being held captive by Sea World against my will. Please help us gain our freedom and make sure Sea World can no longer do this. Your friend, Pinky (the Flamingo)”

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@BrianCairns3446 My client is pseudonymous, so I'll just say I did these cases in Mississippi, Idaho, and South Carolina, and each one had convictions that recent.

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They knew that all I want in life is to retire: “Attorney Strugar, We’re still here. Please help free us from this bondage. If you file a civil rights suit under 1983, you’ll make millions from our wrongful convictions. You could retire! ....

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the upside is that kevin de leon probably isn't going to run for every open seat in the state anymore

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it sucks when they're funny

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omg we got a "fire in a crowded theater" response. this would give @popehat a stroke

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@USConst_Amend_I 😌 this is my case. we both win again.

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ok i donated a kidney to a stranger i will no longer be accepting any criticism

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fifth circuit is about to get a lot of animal rights litigation if this is enough to confer an article iii injury

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weird morning. i put my name on papers yesterday in a case where some proud boy is trying to get a restraining order against @chadloder . got three calls in the 7am hour and picked one of them up. it was some person who almost immediately started whining that i was being ..

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New lawsuit, by me and @sh4keer : we are suing the Grove on behalf of @GinaViolaPeake , @ycstrikeLA , and @eggpon__ for illegally suppressing speach critical of Rick Caruso's campaign for Mayor of Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Activists Sue Rick Caruso Companies for Illegally Suppressing Criticism of Caruso...

Los Angeles activists today filed a civil rights lawsuit against companies owned by Rick Caruso that manage the Grove, a 750,000 square foot shopping mall. Rick Caruso is a billionaire real estate...

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just a point about states defending dumb laws for show. i've challenged four states who tried to make people with pre-Lawrence-v-Texas convictions for having oral or anal sex register as sex offenders today. those states have been ordered to pay more than $849,000 in fees.

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Looking for some help for a woman who was sued for defamation for reporting on a Costa Rican psychedelic drug resort. This one is a little weird but bear with me. This is a resort where (mostly) wealthy Americans go to do the psychedelic ayahausca.

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reddit user who leaked the recording got their account reinstated today and there are a lot more recordings up there if anyone has the time and interest:

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Explore Honest-Finding-1581’s posts and comments on Reddit

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The cop who suffocated my client (LAPD officer Justin Choi) didn't know that another officer's bodycam was still running, and captured the whole thing. this is a little hard to watch.

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Moore v. City of Los Angeles

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seems like an admission that he violated california’s law against recording telephone conversation, p.c. 632, which applies even if the caller resides out of state. but whatever, i’m not a total baby so i’m not going to trip.

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@LAmag SHE MURDERED TWO CHILDREN, EIGHT AND ELEVEN YEARS OLD

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thinking back to the time a judge sanctioned me for citing too many cases and using the internet

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@latimes After smash-and-grab thefts across California, is it is time to reconsider luxury retail?

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@rabonour nithya’s here. park and glendale.

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When local activists called out Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia on twitter, he was hiding their replies. I sent him a demand letter and he stopped doing it. Feel free to crib from this to tell other public officials to cut out that kind of nonsense.

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i tried to push this dumb fence over yesterday afternoon and got pretty close by myself. i think we can push it over.

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@Popehat 🙋🏼‍♂️ feel free to hit me up, dear Popehat followers, for help on anti-SLAPP or First Amendment issues in California.

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that’s the most important thing for law students to learn, though

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good news, los angeles: this is the earliest the sun will set. the afternoons only get longer from here! (pedants might say the solstice is the shortest day, but from now until then it's only the sunrise that gets later. and only farmers and other losers care about sunrise.)

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@nytimes "we loved when he hated muslims and latinos and blacks and everyone else but now we don't like this at all!"

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AP covered the win:

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Judge blocks requirement for 'gay sex' offender registration

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The state of Montana has no valid reason to require a man to register as a sex offender based on his conviction for having gay sex in Idaho in 1993, a federal judge has ruled.

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cops aren’t even letting a city councilmember into the park

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a year for "allegedly choking a young girl and violating a restraining order." anyway, seems like a cool guy. seems like this same weirdo went after my co-counsel @popehat regarding his adopted kids. truly a stand up dude.

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i congratulated him on being able to use the internet. i let him keep talking for about 10 minutes before i got to where i was going. as he requested, i looked into him. he appears to be this weirdo -- Joey Camp. sounds like he got out of a prison a few years back after doing ...

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now dude is texting me his own gab (?) screenshots about me. says i have expertise in anti-SLAPP! always nice to hear from the fans.

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twitter about twitter is the most boring twitter

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This morning, the California Supreme Court, in a unanimous opinion by Justice Liu, reversed. Adopting our argument, the Court found that speech about private disputes can often implicate broader issues, so it doesn't really matter that speech is about a single dispute.

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HOLY SHIT!! I spent two full years of my life trying to make this happen through litigation. And they just tweeted it out.

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Florida aquarium to release orca after more than 50 years in captivity

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“I think it’s bigger and past just the animal rights issues, to the whole question of government overreach and prosecutions in the service of large corporations. I have never seen an FBI agent sit through a six-day trial in state court in Utah, ever.”

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Activists Acquitted in Trial for Taking Piglets From Smithfield Foods

The nation’s largest pork producer argued that the removal of sick piglets was a case of theft and burglary. Direct Action Everywhere called it a rescue.

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Victory! Today a federal court struck down LA County Metro's prohibition against so-called non-commercial advertising & advertising that "comments on public issues" on the sides of Metro buses. It also ruled unconstitutional Metro's exception for ads the government approved.

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Thread on today's weird day in court. This has been in the news a bit, but for background, @bencamach0 made a public records request to the city for photos of LAPD officers. He sued. In an agreement to settle the lawsuit (a contract), they agreed to give him the photos.

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Excited to share this win I got today in a case I haven't tweeted about at all yet. It involves a problem that seems to be getting worse: rich business owners trying to shut up their critics not through regular civil lawsuits, but civil anti-harassment statutes.

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omg I got a letter from a guy doing an LWOP bid in New Jersey who has been taking law school courses inside the prison and he’s really excited about animal rights and wants to study animal law and is asking if I can send him materials to study animal law 🥹🥹🥹

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this billionaire hired the retired PRESIDING JUSTICE of the court of appeal and dude still lost to my sorry ass. humiliating.

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oh heyyyyyy i won my california supreme court case (it's only took six years on appeal)

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@ATLSolFund 19-years-practicing civil rights attorney in Los Angeles. Let me know who to contact or just DM me or email (matthew at matthewstrugar dot com) me.

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i won an appeal! Fourth Circuit holds that a public transit operator can't censor advocacy (specifically animal rights advocacy) advertising based on a amorphous prohibition on "political" speech.

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