Posted on 01/15/2021 5:37:18 PM PST by Libloather
A California man is suing Twitter and two progressive congresswomen in connection with President Donald Trump's suspension from the social media platform, citing "overbearing pain and suffering."
In the complaint filed in a U.S. District Court in California on Tuesday, Erik Estavillo argued that he and every "follower that was, without a doubt, emotionally and mentally damaged as a result of the Presidents' ban" is entitled to $88.7 million each.
Estavillo, who is representing himself, is also seeking the reinstatement of Trump's account and a retaliatory Twitter ban on Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar, who, he argues, promote "Eastern communist philosophies."
The plaintiff claims that because of various health problems, including depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and Crohn's syndrome, Estavillo has "no friends" and can rarely leave the house. As a result, the complaint says, he heavily relies on Twitter to participate in political discourse.
"The Americans with Disabilities Act should protect him from such egregious behavior on the part of Twitter," the lawsuit reads. "He has nowhere else to voice his first amendment rights to free speech."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
I don’t believe you unless you provide a source.
that's going to be the new ruling on cases they don't want to hear.
go to facebook and look
Except when patriots sue, the corrupt black-robed tyrants scream, “NO STANDING !” Meanwhile, the left has the same thugs on speed-dial to overturn or stop any patriotic and legal/Constitutional action.
No new posts. His account is there but that does not mean anything.
what did it look like after they banned him?
Yep. Even if he could post now, the gig is up. He’s not going to post again.
it may be they reinstated the page but wont let him post.
since I didnt look at it at the time I dont know what they did but a lot of people are saying it is reinstated...
GP is reporting it also but well..its Hoft.
Kind of the same deal with Michael Yon, he is able to access his page on Facebook but it won’t allow him to post.
No new posts since Jan 6. Not sure that counts as reinstatement....?
70 million plus should sue in small claims courts- faster and some states up to 15,000.00.
Not quite. The cases will be decided under California law. It’s a tort case. “No duty” is the basis for termination of this BS lawsuit under California law. Lawsuits aren’t magic. This one’s going up in a puff of smoke in short order
Oh, there is standing here.
But the lawsuit is substantively frivolous on its face.
As others have noted, this is unlikely to go anywhere, and certainly not against any Congresscritters.
That said, I sure could use 88.7 million dollars about now...
“I’ve thought that lawsuits would be a good approach to countering all of this censorship...”
They should bring the suits in Mississippi. Conservative and the juries there are prone to giving huge judgments.
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