Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
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22-16742
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Borja v. Nago
Voting laws that discriminate between former state residents living overseas and those living within the United States are subject only to rational basis review. |
Civil Rights |
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M. Smith | Sep. 3, 2024 |
23-15465
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Williams v. City of Sparks
District court erred in ruling summary judgment ruling on excessive force claim when dashcam clearly showed defendant was attempting to flee and had endangered the public by the chase. |
Civil Rights |
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M. Smith | Aug. 12, 2024 |
22-16580
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Bell v. Williams
Refusing to give a detainee wheelchair accommodations in a cell extraction was an unreasonable use of unnecessary force, even if even if the detainee previously disobeyed orders. |
Civil Rights, Disability Discrimination |
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D. Hamilton | Jul. 19, 2024 |
22-16983
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Sheikh v. U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security
No *Bivens* cause of action against federal officers fabricating evidence that resulted in the plaintiff's arrest because it was a new context that presented special concerns. |
Civil Rights |
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G. Sanchez | Jul. 8, 2024 |
19-35390
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Morris v. W. Hayden Estates First Add.
Where HOA board merely sent a letter stating it would enforce its rules but did not actually stop homeowners from throwing Christmas extravaganza, homeowners had no disparate treatment claim. |
Civil Rights |
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M. Berzon | Jun. 18, 2024 |
21-55999
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Scanlon v. County of Los Angeles
Summary judgment on parents' judicial deception claim was inappropriate where they demonstrated social worker made material false statements to support warrant application. |
Civil Rights |
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J. Bybee | Feb. 5, 2024 |
21-35582
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Stanard v. Dy
District court erroneously dismissed *Bivens* claim for prisoner denied treatment for Hepatitis C., as it was comparable to a prior *Bivens* case where prison officials were deliberately indifferent to an inmate's asthma |
Civil Rights |
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D. Pregerson | Dec. 12, 2023 |
17-99005
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McDermott v. Johnson
Denial of plaintiff's habeas petition for prosecutorial misconduct after prosecutor invoked the Bible during penanlty closing arguments was upheld because there was no clearly established precedent that was violated. |
Civil Rights |
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K. Wardlaw | Oct. 27, 2023 |
21-35431
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Sabbe v. Washington County Board of Commissioners
Officers not liable for victim's death despite their warrantless entry into victim's rural field when the warrantless entry was not the proximate cause of victim's death. |
Civil Rights |
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M. Christen | Oct. 19, 2023 |
22-16413
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Lake v. Fontes
Plaintiffs lacked Article III standing to bring claims regarding electronic voting tabulation systems, as they were no longer nominated candidates for state office and no longer sought relief related to the 2022 election. |
Civil Rights |
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P. Curiam (9th Cir.) | Oct. 17, 2023 |
A164880
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Liapes v. Facebook, Inc.
Plaintiff's Unruh Act intentional discrimination claim survived dismissal because Facebook's audience selection tools for insurance ads intentionally discriminated based on age and gender. |
Civil Rights |
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V. Rodriguez | Sep. 25, 2023 |
21-55981
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Marquez v. Rodriguez
Court declined to create a new *Bivens* action for plaintiff's Fifth Amendment failure-to-protect claim against jail officers who refused to place him in protective custody. |
Civil Rights |
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K. Lee | Sep. 7, 2023 |
22-55588
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Alexander v. Nguyen
Pretrial detainee's claims that inadequate medical care in state hospital violated his constitutional rights failed because he could not show his treating physician had acted worse than negligently. |
Civil Rights |
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D. Hamilton | Aug. 28, 2023 |
21-16547
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Amended Opinion: Johnson v. Barr
Defendant officers were entitled to qualified immunity in a false arrest case for misdemeanor public intoxication and felony child endangerment. |
Civil Rights |
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R. Gould | Aug. 21, 2023 |
22-55614
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Parker v. County of Riverside
Defendant could not show that the Riverside County DA committed a *Brady* suppression of evidence violation by withholding the actual murderer's confession since defendant was not convicted. |
Civil Rights |
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P. Curiam | Aug. 16, 2023 |
22-15496
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Polanco v. Diaz
Qualified immunity was properly denied where plaintiffs alleged the state-created danger posed by the transfer of inmates exposed to COVID-19 into a general prison population. |
Civil Rights |
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M. Friedland | Aug. 8, 2023 |
A164980
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People v. G.A.
Due process does not require proof of a recent over act to establish dangerousness to self or others to support continued civil commitment under Welfare and Institutions Code Section 6500. |
Civil Rights |
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C. Fujisaki | Jul. 26, 2023 |
21-15970
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Yoshikawa v. Seguirant
Because there is no implied cause of action for 42 U.S.C. Section 1981 civil rights' claims, appellant's Section 1981 claim must brought as Section 1983 claim. |
Civil Rights |
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K. Wardlaw | Jul. 26, 2023 |
22-15690
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Bernal v. Sacramento County Sheriff's Dept.
Parents of teen suspected of possibly executing a school shooting may be detained for a short period because of the special circumstances. |
Civil Rights |
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J. Selna | Jul. 10, 2023 |
21-16547
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Johnson v. Barr
Defendant officers were entitled to qualified immunity in a false arrest case for misdemeanor public intoxication and felony child endangerment. |
Civil Rights |
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R. Gould | Jul. 7, 2023 |
21-1168
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Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
Due process allowed a railroad to be sued in state where it registered as a foreign corporation, and under state law, had agreed to answer any suit against it there. |
Civil Rights |
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N. Gorsuch | Jun. 28, 2023 |
21-17105
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Seaplane Adventures LLC v. County of Marin
Summary judgment was proper on air carrier's "class of one" equal protection claim where bases for County's alleged disparate treatment of air carrier under COVID-19 health orders were rational. |
Civil Rights |
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R. Gould | Jun. 27, 2023 |
22-35036
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Harper v. Nedd
Bureau of Land Management employee's claims for *Bivens* damages from Fifth Amendment due process violation was denied because Congress had already provided a remedy for his claims. |
Civil Rights |
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R. Nelson | Jun. 27, 2023 |
21-16706
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Hopson v. Alexander
Use of force predicated on suspicion of impending criminal activity was not sufficient basis for denying qualified immunity from claims based on those acts because it was not objectively unreasonable. |
Civil Rights |
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D. Bress | Jun. 19, 2023 |
21-806
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Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County v. Talevski
Provisions of the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act conferred individual rights that were enforceable via an action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 1983. |
Civil Rights |
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K. Jackson | Jun. 9, 2023 |
21-55867
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Hill v. City of Fountain Valley
Qualified immunity applied to officers' alleged warrantless in-home arrest where officers were responding to a potential kidnapping. |
Civil Rights |
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K. Lee | Jun. 2, 2023 |
22-15761
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Estate of Strickland v. Nevada County
Lethal force used by officers against person armed with replica gun was justified where they reasonably believed the gun was real and presented an immediate threat when pointed at them. |
Civil Rights |
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P. Bumatay | Jun. 1, 2023 |
21-16873
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Chaudhry v. Aragon
Plaintiff doctor, who alleged that an inaccurate State report harmed his employment interests, failed to establish the requisite causation element of his "stigma-plus" Section 1983 due process claim. |
Civil Rights |
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G. Katzmann | May 24, 2023 |
21-36052
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Roberts v. Springfield Utility Board
Public employer did not violate employee's First Amendment rights by barring discussion of a workplace investigation with other employees because the restriction did not limit his ability to speak about matters of public concern. |
Civil Rights |
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M. Smith | May 15, 2023 |
21-442
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Reed v. Goertz
For prisoners pursuing state post-conviction DNA testing through state courts, the statute of limitations for Section 1983 procedural due process claims start to run when the state litigation ends. |
Civil Rights |
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B. Kavanaugh | Apr. 20, 2023 |