UNITEDSTATESDISTRICTCOURTFORTHESOUTHERNDISTRICTOFOHIOWESTERNDIVISIONRUTHDEDDENS,CaseNo.3:12-CV-222andJudge__ETHELBOREL-DONOHUE,MagistrateJudge_andBRYANKEMPER,Plaintiffs,
v.
WARRENCOUNTYMONTGOMERYCOUNTYCOMMUNITYCOLLEGEDISTRICT,formerlyknownasMONTGOMERYCOUNTYCOMMUNITYCOLLEGEDISTRICT,andalsoknownasSINCLAIRCOMMUNITYCOLLEGEDISTRICT,anddoingbusinessasSINCLAIRCOMMUNITYCOLLEGE,COMPLAINTandBOARDOFTRUSTEESOFTHEWARRENCOUNTYMONTGOMERYCOUNTYCOMMUNITYCOLLEGEDISTRICT,andSTEVENLEEJOHNSON,inhisofficialcapacityasPresidentofSinclairCommunityCollege,and
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CHARLESJ.GIFT,inhisofficialcapacityastheDirectorofPublicSafety,SinclairCommunityCollegeandJOHNDOENos.1-10,intheirofficialandindividualcapacities,Defendants.NowcomePlaintiffsRuthDeddens("Deddens"),EthelBorel-Donohue("Bore1-Donohue")andBryanKemper("Kemper")(collectively,the"Plaintiffs")andfortheirComplaintagainsttheDefendantsnamedhereinherebyallegeasfollows:INTRODUCTION1.Thisisanactionfordeclaratoryjudgment,permanentinjunction,andnominaldamagesunder42U.S.C.§1983arisingfromtheunconstitutionalactions,aswellaspolicies,practicesandcustoms,oftheDefendantsthathaveresultedintheviolationoftheconstitutionalrightsofthePlaintiffs.DuetoDefendants'policies,practicesandcustoms,aswellascertainconductbyoneormoreDefendant,PlaintiffshavesufferedandwillcontinuetosufferirreparableharmtotheirrightsundertheFirstAmendmenttotheUnitedStatesConstitutionandtheFourteenthAmendmenttotheUnitedStatesConstitution.2.Bymaintaining,implementing,andenforcingvaguepoliciesthat(i)restrictandprohibitstudentsandinvitedspeakersfromengaginginexpressiveactivityatSinclair,(ii)restrictandprohibitspontaneousspeechbystudentsandinvitedspeakersinresponsetorecentorstill-unfoldingevents,(iii)vestunfettereddiscretioninuniversityadministratorstorestrictspeechofstudentsandinvitedspeakers,(iv)vestunfettereddiscretioninofficialsandemployeesofSinclairCommunityCollege,includingofficialsandemployeesoftheDepartmentofPublic~2-
SafetyofSinclairCommunityCollege/SinclairPoliceDepartment,torestrictthespeechofstudentsandinvitedspeakers,and(v)threatenstudentsandinvitedspeakerswithdisciplinaryorcriminalchargesforviolationofsuchpolicies,DefendantshaveimpededandwillcontinuetounconstitutionallyimpedePlaintiffsintheirefforttodistributeliterature,hostandparticipateinpoliticalrallies,anddisplaypoliticalmessagesatSinclairadvocatingfortheadoptionof,orpreventionof,certainpoliticalmeasures.SuchexpressiveactivityisprotectedbyandatthecoreoftheFirstAmendment.3.Additionally,Plaintiffsdesiretoengageinotheractivitiesconsistentwiththeirpurposeandgoalsasmoreparticularlydescribedhereinand,insodoing,toengageinactivitiesprotectedbytheFirstAmendmentinandabouttheSinclaircampuswithoutbeingsubjectedtothethreatofenforcementortheactualenforcementofapolicy,practice
or
customthatfailstocomplywiththerequirementsoftheUnitedStatesConstitution.4.Asaresultofthepolicy,practiceandcustomoftheDefendants,aswellascertainconductbyoneormoreDefendant,PlaintiffshavesufferedandwillcontinuetosufferirreparableharmunlesstheDefendantsareenjoinedfromrestrictingtheirprotectedspeechinthismanner.
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5.PlaintiffRUTHDEDDENS("Ms.Deddens")isenrolledasastudentofSinclair,andisamemberoftheSinclairTraditionalValuesClub("TVC"),anunincorporatedassociationofstudentsatSinclair,andanofficiallyrecognizedstudentorganization.6.PlaintiffETHELBOREL-DONOHUE("Ms.Borel-Donohue")isenrolledasastudentofSinclair,andisthepresidentandco-founderoftheTVC.-3-
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Thomas More Society's Federal lawsuit on behalf of “Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally in Dayton, OH
Thomas More Society's lawsuit on behalf of “Stand Up for Religious Freedom” rally participants in Dayton, Ohio, who allege their First Amendment rights were infringed upon by Sinclair Community College and the Sinclair Police Department.
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