De La O v. Housing Authority of the El Paso

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

I

In 2000, Jesus de la O and Roberto Yasquez sued to challenge certain regulations of the Housing Authority of the City of El Paso (“HACEP”). Vasquez, who did not reside in any HACEP facility, was a candidate for chair of the El Paso County Democratic Party and sought to distribute literature and to campaign door-to-door at Sherman Oaks, a HACEP facility. De la O resided at the Sun Plaza Apartments (a HACEP-operated subsidized housing facility) and complained that the restrictions on political campaigning infringed on his First Amendment rights.

The challenged…