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Defendant City of Livermore is a municipal entity which has authority over the library system of the City of Livermore. Plaintiff is a natural person, a taxpayer, and the mother of Brandon P., a male minor. The acts complained of in this complaint have taken place and continue to take place in Livermore, California. At the library, there are a number of public access computers which individuals, without regard or consideration of their age, are free to use. Using these computers, users can request text, images, and other computerized information from computers in other locations which themselves have been connected to the web.