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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 16, 2025

A federal judge has upheld a court-imposed gag order against Nashville lawyer Daniel Horwitz. The Tennessean reports that Senior Judge Julia Smith Gibbons of the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, who was assigned to hear the case for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, dismissed a lawsuit brought by Horwitz and the nonprofit public interest law firm Institute for Justice. After the ruling Horwitz pledged to “continue to fight” for the right to speak out. The gag order, imposed by U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffery Frensley, prevents Horwitz from speaking publicly about a case he brought against private prison operator CoreCivic.