Correspondent
Federal courthouse correspondent, covers civil rights, employment discrimination, housing rights, and Second Amendment disputes.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for Igloo Products Corp. in a false advertising case, holding that the Lanham Act does not cover claims regarding the origin of an idea or inventorship of a product.
The Eleventh Circuit held that unadmitted aliens found in the interior of the United States are not automatically subject to mandatory detention without bond under the Immigration and Nationality Act. The court ruled that the statute requires aliens to be actively seeking lawful entry to trigger no-bond detention provisions.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for a healthcare system that denied religious exemptions from a COVID-19 vaccination policy. The court held that the system demonstrated undue hardship by showing realistic risks to patient safety and staffing during a surge of the Delta variant.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court's summary judgment in a prisoner's excessive force claim. The court held that the plaintiff failed to exhaust administrative remedies before filing suit.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court's grant of summary judgment in a prisoner's civil rights action alleging a First Amendment free exercise violation. The court held that the plaintiff failed to provide sufficient evidence that a parole psychologist's refusal to credit faith-based programs as rehabilitation substantially burdened his religious practice.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a prisoner's civil rights lawsuit alleging deliberate indifference to serious medical needs. The panel concluded the plaintiff failed to allege facts showing defendants disregarded an excessive risk to his health.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a civil rights lawsuit brought by a pro se plaintiff challenging his arrest and prosecution. The court held that the claims were barred under Heck v. Humphrey because success would imply the invalidity of the plaintiff's conviction, which remains intact.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court order dismissing a civil rights action. The dismissal was based on the plaintiff's failure to pay the required filing fee or apply for in forma pauperis status.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court's summary judgment in a civil rights action alleging constitutional violations stemming from a conservatorship. The appellate panel rejected the appellant's contentions regarding discovery denial and declined to consider claims not adequately argued in his opening brief.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court's summary judgment in a civil rights action alleging deliberate indifference to medical needs. The appellate panel held that the plaintiff failed to raise a genuine dispute of material fact regarding the medical care provided for his prostatic condition.
