Court allows venue-report copyright claim involving Barnett filing to proceed
Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald denied Joseph D. McBride and McBride Law Firm’s motions to dismiss Lindsay Olson’s copyright claim concerning a community-attitude report filed in Richard Barnett’s January 6 venue-transfer motion. This pleading-stage ruling did not establish final infringement liability, damages, fair use, or any fact about Barnett’s guilt or innocence.
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ruling · Jul 20, 2026
Olson v. McBride — Motion-to-dismiss ruling involving Barnett venue report (ECF No. 25)
Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald denied Joseph D. McBride and McBride Law Firm’s motion to dismiss a copyright claim concerning a community-attitude report filed in Richard Barnett’s January 6 venue-transfer motion. The ruling allowed the copyright case to proceed; it did not establish final infringement liability, damages, fair use, or any fact about Barnett’s guilt or innocence.
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