OLYMPIA — A Washington man filed a lawsuit demanding the restoration of public access to the state Capitol and surrounding grounds.
Tyler Miller’s lawsuit seeks a court order for the state to remove temporary chain link fences around the Capitol campus in Olympia and restore public access to viewing galleries in the Legislative Building, Kitsap Sun reported Sunday.
The 40-year-old Bremerton resident and U.S. Navy veteran said he filed the lawsuit in Thurston County Superior Court “because keeping the public out of the legislative building while the Legislature is in session is unconstitutional.”
The lawsuit also seeks an injunction against future action resulting in restriction of public access to the state Capitol.