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Free Our Faces brings Federal Lawsuit Against SCSD#2
Free Our Faces, a group of Sheridan parents who are against the mask mandate at SCSD#2, have filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court against SCSD#2 School Board of Trustees, as well against Governor Gordon, and the Wyoming Department of Health.
Shelta Rambur, Tiffany Leimback, and a host of other parents, filed a lawsuit, case No. 021cv201, in US District Court in Cheyenne on Nov. 3. The 128 page petition states in part that “…on behalf of themselves and their minor children, through their attorney, Nick Beduhn, come together for their cause of action against the respondents for fraud, and relief from the enforcement of such fraud…..and that the executive and health orders regarding SARS-Covid 19, which has resulted in many and repeated violations of state and federal law and of the rights and liberties of the petitioners.”
The petitioners are asking for a preliminary injunction against the respondents for applying, enforcing, or compelling any policy, requirement, and/or mandate toward any petitioners, their children….or toward others similarity situated. They also move this count to make the injunctive relief statewide. The petitioners also move the court to set a jury trial date to determine the petitioners cause of action of fraud.
Nick Beduhn and Shelta Rambur shared their views on the lawsuit, which is about upholding the petitioners constitutional rights.
Beduhn said that the elected officials have to uphold the constitution, and uphold the rights of taxpaying citizens that they get their federal and state money from. Burdh said there were petitioners around Wyoming that are a part of the lawsuit. He had this to say.
Rambur said, “We are not being heard by the school board, they don’t want to hear from us,… obviously they dismissed us…if you are open to the public you must accommodate the public. They are discriminating against disabled people, people with medical exemptions, and people who do not believe in wearing masks, those people are not being represented by them….. Our children being abused by wearing the those masks. We want our rights to be upheld. We are about parental choice, not force, not mandates.”
Scott Stults, superintendent of SCSD#2, could not comment on the upcoming lawsuit, but at the school board meeting on Nov. 1 he had this to say about why he felt masks were important at the school.
The Sheridan County District Court lawsuit, 2021-344, filed Oct. 25, states that the plan requires parents to choose between sending their children to school without masks and face disciplinary action; sending them to school with masks in violation of their fundamental rights as parents to make that decision; or remove them from school, even though the school district has a constitutional obligation to offer free education to children.
The lawsuit concluded with the statement, “Petitioner prays for the judgment of this court that given it is the fundamental right of petitioners in the care, custody and control of their children as recognized by the Wyoming Supreme Court, Article 7, §1 and Article 1 §38 of the Wyoming Constitutions that, therefore the face coverings mandate Covid-19 plan of SCSD#2 is void and unenforceable and has been issued without legal authority” and that the mask mandate, “violates the constitutional rights of parents.”
The Petitioners also asked for a temporary restraining order against the mandate for face coverings until the petition for Declaratory Judgment can be heard by the court.
Mitch Smith
November 8, 2021 at 7:36 am
We need a few of these Mothers to run for positions on the school board. Start the campaign now, where can i donate $250
Mark Steingass
November 8, 2021 at 7:43 am
…it’s easier and far less costly to wear masks folks…mitigate don’t litigate…
Jason kukal
November 8, 2021 at 9:02 am
And forfeit your rights as a human being and get in line. Easier has never been the way of Americans I choose the road less traveled and uphill than coast my way into authoritarianism. God bless the US Constitution that granted me these right that you are so willingly to give away…..
Shirley Farmer
November 7, 2022 at 6:09 pm
How do you figure that, Mark? “easier” than what? Showing your face is “easier” than covering it. “far less costly”? What is the cost of disregarding individual rights to make their own healthcare decisions? Besides that, Jason Kukal’s comment is spot-on.
ray olson
November 8, 2021 at 8:22 am
If we’re going to litigate- how’s this-If you chose not to take appropriate precautions then the parents of any child who catches covid thanks to your carelessness and lack of respect for the facts should feel free to sue you individually and severally.
Jason kukal
November 8, 2021 at 9:04 am
That’s a very ignorant statement how many children have died from Covid in the US 328 million people only 600 have died with underlining conditions any child loss it a tragedy but not living free is so much worse.
ray olson
November 8, 2021 at 1:04 pm
I’m amazed at how quick you are to spend other peoples lives for your freedom. It seems that you never learned in Civic classes is that freedom without responsibility is anarchy. Your lip service to other peoples dead children is as disingenuous as your claim to a freedom that denies the good of the country. If you support a parents right to put other families at risk, then you must, logically, support the rights of the people harmed by your actions to seek recompense. Anyone who places their rights over the death of even one child is not a freedom fighter, he’s a terrorist.
mike duncan
November 8, 2021 at 2:04 pm
ROFLMAO– a terrorist??? If a parent is driving their child to school and they run a red light and the child is hurt can the child sue mom for compensation?
Will Americans left in Afghanistan be able to sue Biden? Good luck providing that one child got covid and died because of one specific child. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET YOUR LAW SCHOOL OF THE BACK OF A MATCHBOOK COVER!
ray olson
November 8, 2021 at 3:53 pm
Reckless endangerment is what happens when you can’t figure out how to pour water out of a boot.
Thomas Jones
November 9, 2021 at 9:33 am
Kind of like legalized abortion.
Ezra Petersen
November 8, 2021 at 10:18 am
Well Ray to win a lawsuit like that you’d have to prove exactly who you got it from, or are you going to name every single kid in the school in your lawsuit? And even then how do you prove you got it at school? That’s not gonna happen, besides this anti mask lawsuit will be dismissed not sure what article expresses you have the right to not wear a mask. You’re going to the fringes like the anti mask crowd suggesting a lawsuit for catching covid.
ray olson
November 8, 2021 at 1:27 pm
Thanks for your comment Ezra, but what I was attempting to do was take their argument to it’s final illogical conclusion – it’s called a “reducto ad absurdum” your
comment indicates I got pretty close to their insanity.
Thomas Jones
November 8, 2021 at 9:25 am
Good on these parents! I pray that you prevail in your suit. School boards across the country are forgetting who they work for.
Barbara Baker
November 8, 2021 at 11:14 am
Nick Beduhn was suspended from the practice of law in 2017 for two years for failure to professionally perform his duties as a member of the Bar.
Chaze Dannels
November 8, 2021 at 12:23 pm
So happy this is finally being fought
Sarah Parker
November 8, 2021 at 6:35 pm
The legal merit of this lawsuit is as laughable as the disgraced attorney fronting it.
Brook Garretson
November 14, 2021 at 11:28 pm
As a parent I know that unless my child has a affliction of some kind that they have a strong enough immune system to beat it if they catch it. Putting a mask on them actually gets them sick. Dr. Fauci himself wrote a paper about masks and how people suffered horrible fates from wearing them during the spanish flu. If a mask is to work they say they must be changed every 30 minutes. The ones the kids have will contain germs and microbes. Those can be swallowed into the lungs and create a microbial hell. Take it off and live free.