jspencerbryan
@jspencerbryan.bsky.social
Civil rights lawyer. Colorado and Oklahoma
There will be no state/local prosecution of any federal agent. The case would be removed to federal court and promptly dismissed. The laws are not designed to protect the people, ya’ll.
January 9, 2026 at 4:10 AM
There will be no state/local prosecution of any federal agent. The case would be removed to federal court and promptly dismissed. The laws are not designed to protect the people, ya’ll.
Just thinking about the North Korean who assassinated someone by tricking a stranger to wipe poison on the mark.
January 9, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Just thinking about the North Korean who assassinated someone by tricking a stranger to wipe poison on the mark.
"The reasonableness of Defendants' actions depends…on whether Defendants' own reckless or deliberate conduct during the seizure unreasonably created the need to use such force." Allen v Muskogee, 119 F.d 837 (CA10 1997)
January 8, 2026 at 1:43 PM
"The reasonableness of Defendants' actions depends…on whether Defendants' own reckless or deliberate conduct during the seizure unreasonably created the need to use such force." Allen v Muskogee, 119 F.d 837 (CA10 1997)
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he's just gonna keep doing illegal shit as long as everyone keeps letting him
January 4, 2026 at 12:08 AM
he's just gonna keep doing illegal shit as long as everyone keeps letting him
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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It's worth asking how differently things might look on the ground right now if #SCOTUS hadn't eviscerated Bivens—and made it all-but impossible to bring damages suits against federal officers (like ICE agents) who violate our constitutional rights.
This is from my rebuttal in Hernández v. Mesa:
This is from my rebuttal in Hernández v. Mesa:
October 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
It's worth asking how differently things might look on the ground right now if #SCOTUS hadn't eviscerated Bivens—and made it all-but impossible to bring damages suits against federal officers (like ICE agents) who violate our constitutional rights.
This is from my rebuttal in Hernández v. Mesa:
This is from my rebuttal in Hernández v. Mesa:
Republicans won’t even consider stopping this gerrymandering nonsense until Democrats get serious and redistrict them out of everywhere possible.
September 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Republicans won’t even consider stopping this gerrymandering nonsense until Democrats get serious and redistrict them out of everywhere possible.
But its the left, right?
September 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
But its the left, right?
RIP Hulu subscription (2011-2025)
September 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
RIP Hulu subscription (2011-2025)
Blockbuster report and recommendation from the Eastern District of Oklahoma: Tribal citizens have no Section 1983 rights for constitutional deprivations committed by cross-deputized LEOs employed by the state.
July 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Blockbuster report and recommendation from the Eastern District of Oklahoma: Tribal citizens have no Section 1983 rights for constitutional deprivations committed by cross-deputized LEOs employed by the state.
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There will now be 10,000 new ICE agents & 100,000 new detention beds--and few safeguards protecting people from constitutional violations by the feds.
Time for states to pass laws allowing people to sue fed agents. Read about it these "converse-1983" statutes here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Time for states to pass laws allowing people to sue fed agents. Read about it these "converse-1983" statutes here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
July 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
There will now be 10,000 new ICE agents & 100,000 new detention beds--and few safeguards protecting people from constitutional violations by the feds.
Time for states to pass laws allowing people to sue fed agents. Read about it these "converse-1983" statutes here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Time for states to pass laws allowing people to sue fed agents. Read about it these "converse-1983" statutes here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
If golf keeps him from making decisions, play all the golf you want
TRUMP: 35 club championships. I haven't hit a ball in 3 weeks, 4 weeks
CORRESPONDENT: It's time to get out there
TRUMP: Been a little busy. Wouldn't you rather have me doing what I'm doing in the end?
CORRESPONDENT: Of course
CORRESPONDENT: It's time to get out there
TRUMP: Been a little busy. Wouldn't you rather have me doing what I'm doing in the end?
CORRESPONDENT: Of course
June 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
If golf keeps him from making decisions, play all the golf you want
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important new voting rights law in Colorado
don’t miss it:
don’t miss it:
A new Colorado law includes requirements that dozens of cities provide multilingual ballots during local elections, bridging a major gap in access for voting in those races.
Alex Burness reports in Bolts: boltsmag.org/colorad...
Alex Burness reports in Bolts: boltsmag.org/colorad...
Colorado Strengthens Access to Ballots in Spanish
The state adopted a Voting Rights Act to stand in for quickly eroding federal protections. Still, local advocates warn there’s much more Colorado can do to ensure multilingual access.
boltsmag.org
June 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
important new voting rights law in Colorado
don’t miss it:
don’t miss it:
Bravo to the military band who got away with that one 👏👏👏
I did not edit this, this is the actual parade with the actual music being played.
CINEMATIC
CINEMATIC
June 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Bravo to the military band who got away with that one 👏👏👏
Also true for people who use free versions of email platforms like Gmail.
this is a good point that too many lawyers don't understand either:
if you are putting your information into a publicly available, free AI, that information is being used to train the AI. not much from the courts on this yet but there's a real chance of a privilege waiver for this.
if you are putting your information into a publicly available, free AI, that information is being used to train the AI. not much from the courts on this yet but there's a real chance of a privilege waiver for this.
That shit IS NOT subject to privilege, babes!
May 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Also true for people who use free versions of email platforms like Gmail.
We need one of those regional dialect maps for how people say “voir dire.”
May 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
We need one of those regional dialect maps for how people say “voir dire.”
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10th Cir. holds that it was clearly established law that officer could not shoot (and kill) homeowner while serving a protective order where there was no suspicion of a crime, no weapon, and no threat.
No QI.
www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/f...
No QI.
www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/f...
May 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
10th Cir. holds that it was clearly established law that officer could not shoot (and kill) homeowner while serving a protective order where there was no suspicion of a crime, no weapon, and no threat.
No QI.
www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/f...
No QI.
www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/f...
CA10: You can’t shoot a non-threatening dog, it’s “common sense.” QI denied @radleybalko.bsky.social
www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/f...
www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/f...
www.ca10.uscourts.gov
April 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
CA10: You can’t shoot a non-threatening dog, it’s “common sense.” QI denied @radleybalko.bsky.social
www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/f...
www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/f...
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357 police shootings in New Mexico over 10 years...
"only three police departments — New York, Houston and Los Angeles, three of the five largest cities in the nation — actually killed more people than Albuquerque police did during that timeframe"
Reporting by @cosmicbowling.bsky.social
"only three police departments — New York, Houston and Los Angeles, three of the five largest cities in the nation — actually killed more people than Albuquerque police did during that timeframe"
Reporting by @cosmicbowling.bsky.social
Inside the manslaughter conviction of a Las Cruces police officer | Searchlight New Mexico
Before Brad Lunsford was charged with manslaughter for the 2022 shooting of Presley Eze, Searchlight New Mexico analyzed hundreds of police shootings across the state. We showed that officers are almo...
searchlightnm.org
March 4, 2025 at 2:38 AM
357 police shootings in New Mexico over 10 years...
"only three police departments — New York, Houston and Los Angeles, three of the five largest cities in the nation — actually killed more people than Albuquerque police did during that timeframe"
Reporting by @cosmicbowling.bsky.social
"only three police departments — New York, Houston and Los Angeles, three of the five largest cities in the nation — actually killed more people than Albuquerque police did during that timeframe"
Reporting by @cosmicbowling.bsky.social
He got a little carried away
January 20, 2025 at 12:47 AM
He got a little carried away
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The #Oklahoma cabinet secretary of energy & environment learned today via social media
that he had been fired by Gov. Kevin Stitt
because he attended a federal court hearing on the state's decades-long lawsuit against large poultry companies. www.readfrontier.org/stories/stit...
that he had been fired by Gov. Kevin Stitt
because he attended a federal court hearing on the state's decades-long lawsuit against large poultry companies. www.readfrontier.org/stories/stit...
Stitt cabinet member learned of his firing via social media during poultry pollution lawsuit hearing
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond said he was troubled by the governor’s abrupt dismissal of Oklahoma Secretary of Energy and Environment Ken McQueen. “Water doesn’t make political donations....
www.readfrontier.org
December 4, 2024 at 3:22 AM
The #Oklahoma cabinet secretary of energy & environment learned today via social media
that he had been fired by Gov. Kevin Stitt
because he attended a federal court hearing on the state's decades-long lawsuit against large poultry companies. www.readfrontier.org/stories/stit...
that he had been fired by Gov. Kevin Stitt
because he attended a federal court hearing on the state's decades-long lawsuit against large poultry companies. www.readfrontier.org/stories/stit...
I have a joke about qualified immunity. I clearly made it up.
I have a joke about presidential immunity. Sorry how it smells, I just pulled it out of my ass.
I have a joke about res ipsa loquitur
December 4, 2024 at 3:30 AM
I have a joke about qualified immunity. I clearly made it up.
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Wow. Here is one to brighten up your morning. The first images of the restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral. Breathtaking. In just five years France did it
November 29, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Wow. Here is one to brighten up your morning. The first images of the restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral. Breathtaking. In just five years France did it
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An OKCPD Internal Affairs investigation found numerous flaws in a sergeant's response to a noise complaint resulting in a resident's injuries. | Brett Dickerson reports:
OK County DA charges OKCPD officer with assault and battery
An OKCPD Internal Affairs investigation found numerous procedural flaws in a sergeant's response to a noise complaint resulting in a resident's injuries.
freepressokc.com
November 28, 2024 at 10:04 PM
An OKCPD Internal Affairs investigation found numerous flaws in a sergeant's response to a noise complaint resulting in a resident's injuries. | Brett Dickerson reports: