JARRARD v. SHERIFF OF POLK COUNTY

No. 23-10332.

115 F.4th 1306 (2024)

Reverend Stephen JARRARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, Ollie Morris, Plaintiff, v. SHERIFF OF POLK COUNTY, Chief Deputy Al Sharp, Defendants-Appellees, Deputy Dustin Strop, Individually and in Their Official Capacities, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: September 16, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zack Greenamyre, Mitchell Shapiro Greenamyre & Funt, LLP, Atlanta, GA, John Archer Meiser, Meredith Holland Kessler, Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, IN, Gerald Richard Weber, Jr., Law Offices of Gerry Weber, LLC, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jason C. Waymire, Terry Eugene Williams, Williams Morris & Waymire, LLC, Buford, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

MaKade Claypool, Covington & Burling, LLP, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Michael W. McConnell, Richard W. Garnett, Eugene Volokh.

Corinne Snow, Vinson & Elkins, LLP, Washington, DC, John David Geilman, Garrett Meisman, Kevin A. Moscon, Vinson & Elkins, LLP, Houston, TX, Griffith Kimball, Vinson & Elkins, LLP, Dallas, TX, for Amici Curiae Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, Religious Freedom Institute.

Before Rosenbaum, Newsom, and Tjoflat, Circuit Judges.


Stephen Jarrard is a member of the Church of Christ who successfully applied to participate in a county jail's volunteer ministry program, was later dismissed from that program, and still later unsuccessfully sought to be readmitted. He sued, claiming that his dismissal and exclusion violated his free-speech rights. The district...

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