United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's use of profanity when a park ranger told him to leave an area where other rangers where trying to arrest third person did not qualify as disturbing the peace under 36 CFR 2.34(a)(2), and did not constitute fighting words.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/09/2001
• Decided 08/07/2001
• Published 08/07/2001

Judges

• Before:  REINHARDT, TASHIMA, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Quin Denvir, Federal Defender, and Oliver E. Vallejo, Assistant Federal Defender, Fresno, California, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Paul L. Seave, U.S. Attorney, and Virna L. Santos, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Sacramento, California, for the respondent-appellee.