Daniel Crowe v. Oregon State Bar

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DANIEL Z. CROWE, No. 23-35193

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:18-cv- 02139-JR

OREGON CIVIL LIBERTIES

ATTORNEYS, an Oregon nonprofit corporation, OPINION

Plaintiff-Appellant,

and

LAWRENCE K. PETERSON I,

Plaintiff,

v.

OREGON STATE BAR, a Public Corporation; OREGON STATE BAR

BOARD OF GOVERNORS;

VANESSA A. NORDYKE, President of the Oregon State Bar Board of Governors; CHRISTINE CONSTANTINO, President-elect of the Oregon State Bar Board of Governors; HELEN MARIE HIERSCHBIEL, Chief Executive Officer of the Oregon State Bar; KEITH PALEVSKY, Director of Finance and Operations of the Oregon State Bar; AMBER HOLLISTER, General Counsel for the Oregon State Bar,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Michael H. Simon, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted April 2, 2024 Portland, Oregon

Filed August 28, 2024

Before: John B. Owens and Michelle T. Friedland, Circuit Judges, and William Horsley Orrick, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Friedland

* The Honorable William Horsley Orrick, United States…