Champagne v. Gintick

RULING ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge: *

The question presented is whether the plaintiff, Samantha Champagne, a resident of Connecticut, will suffer irreparable harm in the absence of an injunction preventing the Hartford Police from enforcing Connecticut’s “stalking” law, Conn.Gen.Stat. § 53-181d, 1 against her.

This is an action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988 against a public bus management company, one of its bus drivers (Steven Gintick), a police officer (Jessie Blardo), the City of Hartford, and the State’s Attorney for the…