Williams v. Middletown, City of et al

Filing 24

CONSENT ORDER & JUDGMENT. Signed by Judge Sandra S Beckwith on 6/8/15. (mb)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
WESTERN DIVISION

John Williams,

:

Case No. 1:15-cv-112

Plaintiff,
vs.

City of Middletown, et al,
Defendants.

CONSENT ORDER AND JUDGMENT

Final Resolution of this matter and controversy has been settled by and between the

parties, and accepted by the Court, as reflected herein.

IT IS on this

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day of June, 2015, ORDERED AND ADJUDGED AS

FOLLOWS:

1.

This Court hereby declares that Plaintiff John Williams, on July 23, 2014, was

unconstitutionally banned from engaging in religious speech on public streets and ways in
downtown Middletown, Ohio within the confines of a Broad Street Bash event.

2.

Defendants are hereby permanently enjoined from enforcing policy or acting in

any other manner that would unlawfully prohibit or interfere with the constitutionally-protected
expression of John Williams or other third-party speakers on public streets and ways in
downtown Middletown, Ohio during Broad Street Bash events.

3.

Defendants shall pay Plaintiff the amount of $1.00 as nominal damages within

thirty days of the date this Order is entered. Defendants shall also pay reasonable attorney fees

and litigation costs to Plaintiffs attorneys. The amount of reasonable attorney fees and litigation