SALT LAKE CITY — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit from a Utah reporter who accused the Legislature of improperly denying him credentials to cover the session earlier this year.

U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby on Monday ruled against Bryan Schott, who runs the Utah Political Watch website. Schott, who previously worked at the Salt Lake Tribune, had sued claiming that denying him a press credential violated the First Amendment and was retaliation for his critical coverage of legislative leaders.

But Shelby rejected all of Schott’s claims, writing that the Legislature ‘s media credentialing policy “does not regulate who may speak or what a reporter may or may not publish.”

“Any reporter has access to the legislative session and is not restricted in the content of any potent

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