Case: 23-50224 Document: 237-1 Page: 1 Date Filed: 09/08/2024
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`CASE NO. 23-50224
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`IN THE
`UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
`FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
`
`Leila Green Little, et al,
` Plaintiffs—Appellees
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`v.
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`Llano County, et al
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` Defendants—Appellants
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`ON APPEAL FROM
`THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
`WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`USDC NO. 1:22-CV-424
`UNOPPOSED MOTION TO ALLOW
`BRIAN MEADORS AS AN AMICUS CURIAE
`IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES
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`SUBMITTED BY:
`Brian Meadors
`1930 W Oak Shadows Cir
`Memphis, TN 38119
`(980) 867-1371
`brianmeadors@gmail.com
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`

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`Case: 23-50224 Document: 237-1 Page: 2 Date Filed: 09/08/2024
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`1. The undersigned, Brian Meadors, has decades of free speech study and
`advocacy, including litigating cases like the one at bar, as well as being
`published on issues like those at bar.
`2. Mr. Meadors moves this Court to allow him to file a short, pro se amicus
`brief (548 words, excluding the parts of the brief exempted by Fed. R. App. P.
`32(f)).
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`3. The brief would show the Court the long-term, adverse effects on
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`conservatives’ speech should a reversal occur in the instant case. This is a
`perspective that the parties have not adequately addressed in their briefs.
`4. Mr. Meadors has conferred with all parties’ counsel, and none oppose
`him filing an amicus brief.
`WHEREFORE, Brian Meadors prays this Court allow the filing of his
`amicus brief. A current copy of the brief is attached with this motion; in
`parallel, undersigned is asking the Clerk for the courtesy review of the brief for
`compliance with Court’s rules).
`Respectfully,
`
`/s/ Brian Meadors
`Brian Meadors
`1930 W Oak Shadows Cir
`Memphis, TN 38119
`(980) 867-1371
`brianmeadors@gmail.com
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`Case: 23-50224 Document: 237-1 Page: 3 Date Filed: 09/08/2024
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`I certify that I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the
`Court for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by using the
`appellate CM/ECF system. I further certify that all participants in the case are
`registered CM/ECF users and that service will be accomplished by the
`appellate CM/ECF system.
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`
`/s/ Brian Meadors
`Brian Meadors
`1930 W Oak Shadows Cir
`Memphis, TN 38119
`(980) 867-1371
`brianmeadors@gmail.com
`
`CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
`This motion complies with any applicable type-volume limitations
`because it contains 401 words. This brief also complies with the typeface
`requirements of Fed. R. App. P. 32(a)(5)(A) and the type style requirements of
`Fed. R. App. P. 32(a)(6) because it has been prepared in a proportionally spaced
`typeface using Microsoft Word in Hoefler Text font size 14.
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`
`
`/s/ Brian Meadors
`Brian Meadors
`1930 W Oak Shadows Cir
`Memphis, TN 38119
`(980) 867-1371
`brianmeadors@gmail.com
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`2
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`Case: 23-50224 Document: 237-1 Page: 4 Date Filed: 09/08/2024
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`CASE NO. 23-50224
`
`IN THE
`UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
`FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
`
`Leila Green Little, et al,
` Plaintiffs—Appellees
`
`
`
`
`
`
`v.
`
`Llano County, et al
`
`
`
`
`
`
` Defendants—Appellants
`
`ON APPEAL FROM
`THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
`WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`USDC NO. 1:22-CV-424
`BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF
`UNOPPOSED MOTION TO ALLOW
`BRIAN MEADORS AS AN AMICUS CURIAE
`IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`SUBMITTED BY:
`Brian Meadors
`1930 W Oak Shadows Cir
`Memphis, TN 38119
`(980) 867-1371
`brianmeadors@gmail.com
`
`

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`Case: 23-50224 Document: 237-1 Page: 5 Date Filed: 09/08/2024
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`1. During initial consideration of a case on the merits, Fed. R. App.
`Procedure 29 allows an amicus curiae to file a brief without leave of court if no
`party objects and to file with leave of court during consideration of a request
`for rehearing.
`2. The Fifth Circuit has previously found briefs from amici to be “helpful.”
`See, e.g., Hook v. Morrison Milling Co., 38 F.3d 776, 779 (5th Cir. 1994); Distributed
`v. U.S. Dep’t of State, 838 F.3d 451, 461 (5th Cir. 2016) (“The amicus briefs
`submitted in this case were very helpful”).
`3. Undersigned recognizes that FRAP 29 does not appear to directly address
`the filing of an amicus brief from a new amicus after rehearing has been
`granted. However, allowing a new amicus to file in an en banc proceeding
`would be consistent with the policy and spirit of FRAP 29 and Fifth Circuit
`case law.
`Respectfully,
`
`/s/ Brian Meadors
`Brian Meadors
`1930 W Oak Shadows Cir
`Memphis, TN 38119
`(980) 867-1371
`brianmeadors@gmail.com
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`Case: 23-50224 Document: 237-1 Page: 6 Date Filed: 09/08/2024
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`I certify that I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the
`Court for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by using the
`appellate CM/ECF system. I further certify that all participants in the case are
`registered CM/ECF users and that service will be accomplished by the
`appellate CM/ECF system.
`
`
`/s/ Brian Meadors
`Brian Meadors
`1930 W Oak Shadows Cir
`Memphis, TN 38119
`(980) 867-1371
`brianmeadors@gmail.com
`
`CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
`This motion complies with any applicable type-volume limitations
`because it contains 395 words. This brief also complies with the typeface
`requirements of Fed. R. App. P. 32(a)(5)(A) and the type style requirements of
`Fed. R. App. P. 32(a)(6) because it has been prepared in a proportionally spaced
`typeface using Microsoft Word in Hoefler Text font size 14.
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`
`
`/s/ Brian Meadors
`Brian Meadors
`1930 W Oak Shadows Cir
`Memphis, TN 38119
`(980) 867-1371
`brianmeadors@gmail.com
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