Appeal In Journalists’ Protest Case Dismissed After Injunction Dissolved

Mealey's (March 29, 2022, 9:34 AM EDT) -- PORTLAND, Ore. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 25 granted a motion for voluntary dismissal of an appeal by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) in a putative class suit brought by journalists and legal observers who say they have been targeted by police and federal agents while covering protests in Portland; the motion was filed after the trial court on March 17 dissolved the preliminary injunction in the case....