A police officer’s suit against a Black Lives Matter protest leader, a qualified immunity cert petition, and Frank Easterbrook rips the DOJ.

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Black Lives Matter (April 2019): https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4613290/john-doe-v-deray-mckesson/
Black Lives Matter (August 2019): http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/17/17-30864-CV0.pdf
Black Lives Matter cert petition: https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/mckesson_v_doe_cert_petn_and_appendix.pdf
Black Lives Matter (December 2019): http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/17/17-30864-CV1.pdf
Kelsay v. Ernst panel decision: https://ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/18/09/172181P.pdf
Kelsay v. Ernst en banc decision: https://ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/19/08/172181P.pdf
Kelsay v. Ernst cert petition: https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/19/19-682/123715/20191126132451862_19-__%20PetitionForAWritOfCertiorari.pdf
Easterbrook is not pleased: http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2020/D01-23/C:19-1642:J:Easterbrook:aut:T:fnOp:N:2462983:S:0

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