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Buen Vecino v. County of Ventura

This case challenges Ventura County’s failure to disclose videos of sheriff’s deputies at an immigration enforcement operation. CLOSED
- Government Transparency and Accountability
November 17, 2025
Cases

Court Access

FCI Dublin Motion to Unseal

FAC joined freelance journalist Victoria Law, nonprofit news organization The Appeal, and the ACLU of Northern California in moving to unseal court records and preserve public access to hearings in the landmark class action lawsuit that survivors of sexual assault at FCI Dublin brought against the federal Bureau of Prisons in 2023. CLOSED
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 12, 2024
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First Amendment

FAC Urges Newsom Veto SB 683

[…] about them to file a SLAPP suit — Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation — and persuade a judge to issue a possibly unfounded prior restraint in the form of a temporary restraining order against a newsroom or journalist without notice." This bill poses an unacceptable threat to freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
- Press Freedom
October 2, 2025
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FAC Welcomes Juniper Licinio as Legal Fellow

[…] received her undergraduate degree in Broadcast and Digital Journalism at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Previously, Juniper worked as a Staff Attorney for Inland Counties Legal Service’s Systemic Impact Litigation Team, where she focused on landlord-tenant law and the rights of LGBTQIA+ students in public schools. She also served […]

August 21, 2025
Cases

Court Access

U.S. v. Center for Investigative Reporting

FAC filed an amicus brief with the Ninth Circuit in support of The Center for Investigative Reporting ("CIR"), which is seeking to unseal federal wiretap applications and orders. This case arises from a 1990s FBI investigation into the possible theft of approximately $180 million worth of precious gems and metals belonging to the Russian […]

June 15, 2025
Cases

Newsgathering

FAC Defends Fresnoland Reporter Against Subpoena

FAC objected to a prosecution subpoena attempting to compel a nonprofit newsroom’s reporter to testify in the trial of an unhoused man under Fresno’s anti-camping ordinance. CLOSED
- Press Freedom
April 15, 2025
Cases

First Amendment

Gopher Media LLC v. Melone

FAC filed an amicus brief to defend longstanding Ninth Circuit precedent that someone whose anti-SLAPP motion is denied in federal court can file an immediate appeal to seek early dismissal of claims that unlawfully chill freedom of speech. CLOSED
- Free Expression
March 31, 2025
Cases

Public Records

MSW Media, Inc. and First Amendment Coalition v. United States DOGE Service

[…] FOIA request seeking all electronic communications between Musk and DOGE staff since January 20. DOGE never responded to the request, thereby failing to comply with federal law requirements. The lawsuit asks the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to order DOGE to respond to FAC’s request and disclose the requested records. […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
March 28, 2025
Cases

First Amendment

Alianza Translatinx v. City of Huntington Beach

This lawsuit challenges the censorship scheme within the Huntington Beach Library System that directly violates the California Freedom to Read Act and the California Constitution.
- Free Expression
March 1, 2025
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Following Pressure from FAC, California Judicial Council Releases Records

[…] administrative arm of California’s court system. Among other duties, it educates judges on developments in the law. The Judicial Council produced some records to Abel, including an agenda listing a session on the Racial Justice Act at a seminar for appellate justices, but it refused to disclose the powerpoint slides for that session, arguing […]

February 28, 2025