Czosnyka v. Gardiner

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION PETE CZOSNYKA, et al., individually ) and on behalf of all others similarly ) situated, ) Case No. 21-cv-3240 ) Plaintiffs, ) Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman ) v. ) ) JAMES GARDINER, Alderman of the ) 45th Ward of the City of Chicago, ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiffs, who are six residents of Chicago’s 45th Ward, bring this First Amendment lawsuit against their Alderman James Gardiner for blocking certain comments made on his official Facebook page. Before the Court is Alderman Gardiner’s…