BOISE, Idaho — Attorneys for St. Luke’s Health System have asked the Idaho Supreme Court to weigh in after an Idaho sheriff said his office will no longer serve far-right activist Ammon Bundy with legal papers, citing concerns over safety.
St. Luke’s is in the midst of a civil defamation case against Bundy and his associate Diego Rodriguez, as well as several organizations led by the two men. The hospital system said both men led a “baseless smear campaign” against the hospital and lied about the circumstances of a child welfare case involving Rodriguez’s grandchild, according to previous Idaho Statesman reporting.
In its petition to the Supreme Court, St. Luke’s said it has been unable to find private process servers to deliver legal documents to Bundy. St. Luke’s lawyer Erik Stidham wrote that private servers expressed concerns about “online attacks, armed protests at their homes and violence.” According to the petition, Bundy reported some private process servers for trespassing on his property. Process servers are not specifically exempted from trespass laws in Idaho.
