- Court
- Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco
- Parties
- Sarrita Adams (plaintiff) v. Amy Gulley (defendant)
- Claim type
- other
- Filed
- 2024-06-06
- Outcome
- Temporary restraining order (a prior restraint) dissolved after 115 days; on September 30, 2024 the court granted Gulley's motion to quash for lack of personal jurisdiction over Gulley, a Pennsylvania resident, and the order was vacated by October 11, 2024.
Summary
Sarrita Adams, who runs Science on Trial, Inc. and publicly questioned the scientific evidence in the Lucy Letby murder convictions, sought a civil harassment restraining order against Amy Gulley, a moderator of the r/scienceontrial subreddit critical of Adams. A San Francisco court issued a temporary restraining order, without a hearing, barring Gulley from posting about or impersonating Adams and her company, and repeatedly extended it for 115 days. With representation from FIRE and attorney Matthew Strugar, Gulley moved to quash and raised an anti-SLAPP defense. The court granted the motion to quash for lack of personal jurisdiction, dissolving the prior restraint. Commentators characterized the original order as an unconstitutional prior restraint on speech.