Pasutti v. Judicial Department

While Pasutti was employed as a coordinator for the Citizen Review Boards (CRB) operating in Lane County, Oregon, her supervisors instituted a policy that required all coordinators to notify a supervisor before speaking to the press about "a case or the CRBs position on a case or issue" so that the supervisor and legal counsel could "give [the coordinator] some advice about what to say/not to say." Pasutti contends that the policy is unconstitutional on its face, both as a prior restraint and as an overly broad regulation, and that its application to her conduct violated her First Amendment rights.