Several deadlines are coming up ahead of a jury trial that is set for November in the case of the Llano County Librarian who was fired, allegedly because she voiced opposition to the county’s book removals that occurred in 2021; however, the deadlines likely are unnecessary because a deal is in the works between the parties, federal court records show.
The plaintiff, Barbara Suzette Baker, filed her initial, 47-page complaint on March 4, 2024, in the U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas in Austin. She filed an amended complaint on May 23, 2024, followed by a second amended complaint on Jan. 15.
Baker, who was the head librarian of the Kingsland Branch before being fired in 2022, is suing nine defendants: Llano County, Llano County Commissioner’s Court, County Judge Ron Cunningham, Precinct 4 Commissioner Jerry Don Moss, Llano County Library System Director Amber Milum, and library advisory board members Bonnie Wallace, Rochelle Wells, Gay Baskin and Rhonda Schneider.
