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 release—is not a SLAPP. Enough said.

Affirmed.