Petition DENIED.

Reply of petitioner Jerud Butler filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2019.

Brief of respondents Board of County Commissioners for San Miguel County, et al. in opposition filed.

Brief amicus curiae of First Amendment Clinic at Duke Law School filed.

Brief amici curiae of First Amendment Scholars filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Government Accountability Project filed.

Amicus brief of First Amendment Scholars not accepted for filing. (October 03, 2019 -- Corrected version to be submitted)

Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.

Brief amicus curiae of National Whistleblower Center filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 4, 2019.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 3, 2019 to November 4, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.

Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Jerud Butler.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 3, 2019)

Jerud Butler, Petitioner, represented by Neal Kumar Katyal

Board of County Commissioners for San Miguel County, et al., Respondent, represented by Jeffrey Lynn Driscoll

Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, Amicus Curiae, represented by John C. Eastman

First Amendment Clinic at Duke Law School, Amicus Curiae, represented by H. Jefferson Powell

First Amendment Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Gregory Paul Magarian

Government Accountability Project, Amicus Curiae, represented by Thomas Michael Devine

National Whistleblower Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Stephen M. Kohn