PHOENIX — A federal judge has rebuffed efforts by members of LUCHA to order legislative leaders to let some of its members back into legislative buildings.
In a new order, Judge Susan Brnovich said she is not ruling on whether Senate President Warren Petersen and House Speaker Steve Montenegro acted illegally earlier this year in banning some individuals associated with Living United for Change in Arizona from attending future committee meetings after they were accused of creating a disturbance.
Nor did she decide whether their First Amendment rights were violated — or whether Petersen and Montenegro have absolute immunity that prevents them being sued for their decisions.
