Judge in Mont. TikTok Ban Case Will Permit No More Amicus Briefs

U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy for Montana in Missoula, “absent exceptional circumstances,” will consider no additional motions for leave to file amicus briefs in support of or in opposition to the motions for a preliminary injunction to block Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen (R) from enforcing SB-419, the state’s TikTok ban, when the measure takes effect Jan. 1, said his text order Tuesday (dockets 9:23-cv-00056 and 9:23-cv-00061). The order doesn’t apply to the two motions for leave filed Friday that are pending, one from Virginia AG Jason Miyares (R), the other from the Institute for Family Studies, both opposed to the injunction (see 2309050003). Including those two pending motions, the dockets in the two consolidated lawsuits to block SB-419 include four amicus briefs in support of the injunction, and three in opposition.