Brown
Brown v. Newsom
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIAM BROWN, AKA MINISTER No. 2:24-cv-01281-DJC-CSK
KING X, & ALL OF US OR NONE,
Plaintiffs,
ORDER
v. GAVIN NEWSOM, et. al., Defendants. 17 Pending before the Court is a Motion to Dismiss (Mot. to Dismiss (“Mot”) (ECF No. 67)), Plaintiff William Brown, AKA Minister King X (“King”) and Plaintiff All of Us or None’s (“AOUON”) First Amended Complaint (First Am. Compl. (“FAC”) (ECF No. 61)), against Defendants State of California, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Governor Gavin Newsom, Secretary Jeff Macomber, and John Does 1– 10. Plaintiffs primarily challenge California Penal Code Section 4571, which prohibits anyone who has been previously convicted of a felony to be present on the grounds adjacent to any State prison without the prior permission of the Warden or other prison officials. Plaintiffs argue that section 4571 is unconstitutionally vague, overbroad, and is an unreasonable restriction on speech in violation of the…