LISTEN LIVE to WY COVID CIVIL ACTION HEARING
Taylor vs Gordon
Wednesday, April 9, from 9AM to 12:30PM
Click here at – WYOMING JUDICIAL BRANCH – then select,
JOHNSON COUNTY – DISTRICT COURT
As we announced on Feb 26th, a Wyoming citizen’s lawsuit was filed in Wyoming’s 4th District Court in Johnson County in relation to the Governor’s March 13, 2020 Executive Order that declared a state of emergency for Wyoming. The Respondents in the suit are Governor Mark Gordon, Wyoming Department of Health’s Alexia Harrist, M.D. and Michael Ceballes, as well as all county public health officers. There are eight Petitioners represented, but also includes “others similarly situated”. The petition addresses “repeated violations of the rights and liberties of the petitioners” based on government overreach that took place in Wyoming for the past year, and continues to take place, in response to COVID.
All documents related to this civil suit are available at Free Wyoming (freewyoming23.com). Documents pertinent to the April 7th hearing include:
- Taylor vs Gordon Petition, Case No. CV-2021-0009
- Motion to Dismiss Petition for Declaratory Injunctions and Writ of Mandamus (Governor Mark Gordon et al)
- Memorandum in Support of Motion to Dismiss (Governor Mark Gordon et al)
- Petitioners’ Reply to Respondents’ Motion to Dismiss
- Petitioners’ Memorandum in Support of their Reply to Respondents’ Motion to Dismiss
- Petitioners’ Request to Dismiss All County Attorneys and to Hold the Attorney General’s Office in Contempt for Violating W.S. § 6-5-306
We will be delving deeper into this case in Part 3 of One Year Later – WY Civil Liberties During a State of Emergency.