Christopher Garnier v. Michelle O'connor-Ratcliff

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CHRISTOPHER GARNIER; Nos. 21-55118

KIMBERLY GARNIER, 21-55157

Plaintiffs-Appellees / D.C. No. Cross-Appellants, 3:17-cv-02215-

BEN-JLB

v.

MICHELLE O'CONNOR- OPINION

RATCLIFF; T.J. ZANE,

Defendants-Appellants / Cross-Appellees.

On Remand from the United States Supreme Court

Argued and Submitted January 17, 2025 Pasadena, California

Filed May 14, 2025

Before: Marsha S. Berzon, Richard C. Tallman, and Michelle T. Friedland, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Berzon GARNIER V. O’CONNOR-RATCLIFF

SUMMARY *

First Amendment/Social Media

On remand from the United States Supreme Court in an action brought by parents of children attending Poway Unified School District (“PUSD”) against two members of the PUSD’s Board of Trustees alleging First Amendment violations, the panel affirmed the district court’s bench trial judgment against defendant Michelle O’Connor-Ratcliff and remanded with instructions to dismiss as moot defendant T.J. Zane from the case. Defendants O’Connor-Ratcliff and…