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Wednesday, October 14, 2026
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San Diego health district

SAN DIEGO — A federal court in California dismissed the First Amendment lawsuit brought against the Palomar Health District, whose board member sued after she was reprimanded for criticizing the new website’s terms of use agreements, and for talking about it with a local reporter. The court says her speech was not chilled and that she did in fact speak out, in spite of her claims of self-censorship.

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