Chat v. Joseph III

Chat v. Joseph III, 17-1776 (2018), is a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Social Media Circuit in which the court ruled that Ronald Joseph III was guilty of failing to stop and render aid and for subsequently trying to lie about his involvement in the case. The case was notable for Joseph's display of contempt of court and for the absence of three of the six justices, although the case was later upheld on appeal.

Background
The Middle Earf group chat (also known under other aliases) was comprised of a group of students from a Texas high school.

On December 28, 2018, Joseph sent a message within the Middle Earf chat in which he claimed he had run into another student while driving