A self-proclaimed “government transparency advocate” didn’t prove to the Sixth Circuit that members of Ohio’s tax appeals board weren’t entitled to qualified immunity after they banned him from hearings.
Christopher Hicks didn’t show that the alleged unlawfulness of the conduct of the members of the Ohio Board of Tax Appeals and its executive director was “clearly established” when they banned him for allegedly being disruptive, Judge John B. Nalbandian of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit wrote.
Hicks failed to identify any controlling legal authority, instead putting forth “seven decisions from different corners of the country” ...