The plaintiff is Matthew Meinecke, a self-described “street preacher” who lives in Seattle. MeineCke showed up at a pro-choice protest of the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision. He held up a sign, read from the Bible, and handed out Christian literature.
Meinecke is suing the city, its PD, and the officers involved in his arrests. He is not challenging the constitutionality of the law itself, but the way it was enforced against him in particular. The city argued that’s not what actually happened.
Back it goes to the lower court with an order to grant Meinecke’s request for an injunction. The evidence is even clearer as to the officers’ restrictions during PrideFest. The district court recognized that the officers “ordered him to leave the park” altogether.
