The following excerpt is from Larkins v. Moore, CASE NO. 16cv2661-LAB (N.S.) (S.D. Cal. 2017):
As a matter of law, these limitations do not amount to a violation of her First Amendment right to petition. See Smith v. City of San Diego 447 Fed. Appx. 770 (9th Cir. 2011) (citing Jones v. N.C. Prisoners' Labor Union, Inc., 433 U.S. 119, 131 n.6 (1977) (the restriction of some avenues for petitioning the government does not violate the First Amendment).
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