Correspondent
Federal courthouse correspondent, covers civil rights, employment discrimination, housing rights, and Second Amendment disputes.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment on most employment discrimination claims brought by a former employee. The court vacated the denial of expenses and remanded for further proceedings based on the terms of a consent judgment.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the City of Dallas in a civil rights action alleging failure to train. The court held that the plaintiffs could not establish deliberate indifference absent clearly established law.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of an employment discrimination lawsuit brought by a pro se plaintiff. The court held that the plaintiff failed to exhaust administrative remedies for Title VII and ADEA claims and failed to plead sufficient facts for a Section one thousand nine hundred eighty-one claim.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a pro se plaintiff's employment discrimination and retaliation claims against a charter school system. The court held that the complaint failed to state plausible claims against specific defendants due to its conclusory nature.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the Merit Systems Protection Board. This nonprecedential ruling resolves a petition for review filed by Shawn Burns against the Department of Homeland Security.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order denying asylum and related relief. The panel rejected arguments regarding jurisdiction, exhaustion, and due process, while a partial dissent argued that deficient translation services warranted a presumption of prejudice.
The Tenth Circuit dismissed an appeal by police officers challenging a denial of qualified immunity in a Fourth Amendment case. The court affirmed the lower court's ruling on the legal standard but lacked jurisdiction to review the officers' factual disputes.
The Eighth Circuit reversed the denial of summary judgment for a police officer on a false arrest claim, finding he had probable cause to arrest the plaintiff. The court held that the officer's observations of the plaintiff's behavior and medical history provided sufficient grounds for the arrest despite conflicting expert testimony.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging Confederate memorials on public land. The court held that the plaintiff lacked standing because his objection to the monuments was a generalized grievance rather than a concrete, particularized injury.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in a civil rights action alleging deliberate indifference to serious medical needs, finding the plaintiff failed to provide sufficient evidence of constitutional violation.
