Civil Beat Law Center for the Public Interest, Inc v. Rodney Maile

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CIVIL BEAT LAW CENTER FOR No. 23-15108

THE PUBLIC INTEREST, INC.,

D.C. No. Plaintiff-Appellant, 1:22-cv-00386- v. DKW-KJM

RODNEY A. MAILE, in an Official Capacity as Administrative Director of OPINION the Courts; ELIZABETH M. ZACK, in an Official Capacity as Chief Clerk of the Hawai`i Supreme Court; LORI ANN OKITA, in an Official Capacity as Chief Court Administrator of the First Circuit; SANDY S. KOZAKI, in an Official Capacity as Chief Court Administrator of the Second Circuit; DAVID M. LAM, in an Official Capacity as Chief Court Administrator of the Fifth Circuit; DAWN WEST, in an Official Capacity as Chief Court Administrator of the Third Circuit,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawai‘i Derrick Kahala Watson, Chief District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted February 15, 2024 Honolulu, Hawai‘i

Filed August 28, 2024

Before: Richard A. Paez, Milan D. Smith, Jr., and Lucy H. Koh, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Paez

SUMMARY *

First Amendment / Access to Court…