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The Fourth District Court of Appeal blocked an Orange County Superior Court judge’s publishing gag leveled against Fullerton residents and bloggers Joshua Ferguson and David Curlee for publishing secret city hall documents. The two residents are appealing the entire City of Fullerton lawsuit against them.
Resident and blogger Joshua Ferguson has been hit with another publishing gag, despite discrepancies in expert declarations on the case stemming from the publication of secret city hall documents last year.
Orange County Superior Court Judge James Crandall will decide if Fullerton’s lawsuit against resident and blogger Joshua Ferguson is an attempt to silence him for publishing secret city hall documents.
Fullerton’s lawsuit against resident and blogger Joshua Ferguson for publishing and allegedly stealing secret city hall documents could be in jeopardy after an expert, testifying on Ferguson’s behalf, said the city misrepresented evidence to the court.
City of Fullerton attorneys are put on notice they have to prove allegations that resident and blogger Joshua Ferguson stole secret city hall documents, potentially jeopardizing the city’s lawsuit against Ferguson.
A Fullerton resident, and the blog he writes for, is looking to get a city lawsuit against them thrown out Thursday after the city alleged they stole and published secret city hall documents.
In updated filings, Fullerton City attorneys have now significantly reduced the list of alleged secret city hall documents the city accused resident and blogger Joshua Ferguson of illegally downloading in a lawsuit filed against him and the blog earlier this year.
Fullerton City Councilman Bruce Whitaker is disputing that the City Council took a formal vote in September to sue local blogger Joshua Ferguson, and the blog he contributes to, for publishing secret city hall documents and seeking a publication gag against him and the blog.
The Fourth District Court of Appeals has temporarily suspended an OC Superior Court judge’s order barring resident Joshua Ferguson, and the blog he writes for, from publishing secret Fullerton city hall documents. The blog has already published documents shedding light on how former City Manager Joe Felz dodged a potential DUI after drinking and crashing his car in 2016.
Fullerton Resident and blogger Joshua Ferguson gained a national ally in his appeal against an OC Judge’s order barring him and the blog from publishing secret city hall documents after the Reporter’s Committee for Freedom of the Press filed a support document on Ferguon’s appeal, calling the publication gag a Constitutional violation and the city accusations a “brazen misuse” of federal or state hacking laws by the City of Fullerton to target routine newsgathering activities.