Wilson

Timothy Dee Wilson and Michaelene Jenkins (the protesters) appeal an order granting a preliminary injunction to Planned Parenthood of San Diego and Riverside Counties (Planned Parenthood). The order specifically restricts them from blocking or slowing cars entering from the street into the parking lot of the Mission Valley Medical Center (Medical Center) where Planned Parenthood provides medical services, including reproductive health services to which the protesters are opposed. It also enjoins the protesters from generally using the parking lot for demonstration purposes, restricting this type of activity to that portion of the public sidewalk which does not cross the driveway. The protesters contend the preliminary injunction is unconstitutionally overbroad because it unreasonably restricts their ability to reach their targeted audience, i.e. persons who are about to enter Planned Parenthood’s facility to seek abortion services or reproductive advice which may include abortion as an option. They contend prohibiting their access to the parking lot, which they characterize as a public forum, abridges their fundamental rights of freedom of expression. As we shall explain,…