TARA BLESSING and CHRIS BLESSING et al. v. SUJANA S. CHANDRASEKHAR, M.D., FACS; JOHN DOE, TARA BLESSING and CHRIS BLESSING et al. v. KATHY GRIFFIN - Articles

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TARA BLESSING and CHRIS BLESSING et al. v. SUJANA S. CHANDRASEKHAR, M.D., FACS; JOHN DOE, TARA BLESSING and CHRIS BLESSING et al. v. KATHY GRIFFIN

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Feb 23, 2021

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ARGUED and ON BRIEF: Kent W. Seifried, POSTON, SEIFRIED & SCHLOEMER, Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, for Appellants.

Attorneys 2: ARGUED: Jason W. Palmer, FARUKI PLL, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellee in 20-5850.

Attorneys 3: ARGUED: Michael J. Grygiel, GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP, Albany, New York, for Appellee in 20-5852.

Attorneys 4: ON BRIEF: Jason W. Palmer, Stephen A. Weigand, FARUKI PLL, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellee in 20-5850.

Attorneys 5: ON BRIEF: Michael J. Grygiel, GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP, Albany, New York, J. Stephen Smith, GRAYDON HEAD & RITCHEY, LLP, Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, John C. Greiner, GRAYDON HEAD & RITCHEY, LLP, Cincinnati, Ohio, Adam Siegler, GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Appellee in 20-5852.

Judge(s): SILER, GIBBONS, and KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky at Covington

JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge. A group of high school students from Kentucky received widespread attention for their conduct at the Lincoln Memorial during the 2019 March for Life rally. In the wake of negative coverage and critical posts on social media, the students sued a number of media defendants and people who had engaged in online commentary about the incident. Here, the district court dismissed two cases against Twitter users Sujana Chandrasekhar and Kathy Griffin for lack of personal jurisdiction. We agree that the district court lacks personal jurisdiction over the two defendants and affirm.

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