UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT PROJECT VERITAS; PROJECT No. 22-35271 VERITAS ACTION FUND, D.C. No. 3:20-cv- Plaintiffs-Appellants, 01435-MO

v. OPINION MICHAEL SCHMIDT, in his official capacity as Multnomah County District Attorney; ELLEN ROSENBLUM, in her official capacity as Oregon Attorney General,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Michael W. Mosman, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 7, 2022 Pasadena, California

Filed July 3, 2023

Before: Carlos T. Bea, Sandra S. Ikuta, and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges. 2 PROJECT VERITAS V. SCHMIDT

Opinion by Judge Ikuta; Dissent by Judge Christen

SUMMARY *

Civil Rights / First Amendment

The panel reversed the district court’s dismissal of a complaint challenging, as an unconstitutional restriction of prot