U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel of the Western District of Texas has issued a final judgment in favor of two plaintiffs who received criminal-trespass notices for occupying the plaza in front of Austin’s City Hall during last fall’s Occupy Austin protests.
Yetter Coleman associate Ryan Bates, who represents plaintiffs Rodolfo Sanchez and Kristopher Sleeman, says the victory is “a clear message to this city that, if they have established City Hall’s plaza as a front porch, they can’t tell people not to come back; that is crucial to our local democracy.”
