Wednesday, July 3, 2019

Government Decisions Are Not Speech

Swanson v. Cnty. of Riverside, No. D075081 (D4d1 Jun 17, 2019)

A county’s decision to release an individual from a 72-hour mental health hold under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act is not speech. So a claim based on the County’s allegedly negligent release of a mentally ill person—who proceeds to kill three people with a baseball bat shortly his releaseis not a SLAPP. Enough said.

Affirmed.

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