ALEXANDRIA, Va. (PRWEB)
June 01, 2021

Eric J. Bonetti, part of the first same-sex couple married at Grace Episcopal Church in Alexandria Virginia, has appealed a lawsuit filed in the federal district court for the Eastern District of Virginia in the case originally docketed at 1:2021cv00190. The original case was dismissed by the trial court.

The pleadings in the notice of appeal allege:

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  That the Commonwealth of Virginia, acting through its courts, cannot issue a protective order without a showing of a threat of imminent harm as required by the Virginia statute, without violating constitutional guarantees of due process and equal protection.
• That the City of Alexandria Virginia cannot wade into a civil dispute, provide free legal advice and assistance to one party in the dispute, while ignoring allegations of illegal conduct by the other party, without violating constitutional guarantees of due process and equal protection of the laws.
• That the City of Alexandria police department cannot repeatedly stop and interrogate peaceful protesters solely for exercising their rights to free speech, as doing so would chill the public’s First Amendment rights.
• That the Commonwealth of Virginia, acting through the Alexandria Circuit Court cannot prohibit Bonetti from discussing his lawsuit against Robert Hiller Malm, absent some rational basis, including but not limited to an affected privacy interest on the part of the defendant, without violating First Amendment guarantees of free speech.
• That the Alexandria Circuit court allegedly has displayed irrational bias against the Plaintiff, including preventing him from engaging in discovery and prejudging his case, thus violating constitutional guarantees of due process and equal protection.
• That Plaintiff has a right under the federal Stored Communications Act to prohibit defendant Robert Hiller Malm and his family from accessing his blog in violation of the relevant terms and conditions.

Copies of the notice of appeal have been sent to counsel for the defendants and Virginia’s Office of Attorney General.

The notice of appeal is online at https://issuu.com/gracealexwatch/docs/p_notice_of_appeal_1_.