By Michael Karlik | Colorado Politics
A federal judge on Monday concluded a man who was ejected from an Academy District 20 school board meeting in December 2023 had not stated viable claims that district officials violated his constitutional rights.
Brett Dayberry had been speaking during the public comment period about “numerous extremely vile passages” in a book that was available in his granddaughter’s school library. When he started quoting passages that employed profanity, the board president told Dayberry to refrain from using those words. Dayberry continued, prompting security to remove him from the meeting.
Dayberry then alleged the El Paso County-based district and its officials violated his First Amendment rights and his right to equal protection of the laws. But after hearing the arguments from both sides, U.S. Magistrate Judge Maritza Dominguez Braswell found Dayberry had not shown his removal under the circumstances was unconstitutional.