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Civil Rights - Section 1983

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Mar 13 2026
3rd Cir. 23-2516 Panel Decision

GLAVIN IVY v. WELLPATH; CRNP LESLIE; CORRECT CARE SOLUTIONS; CRNP SUTHERLAND; DR. MAXA

The Third Circuit affirmed a district court's grant of summary judgment to prison medical providers, ruling that their extensive treatment of a prisoner did not constitute deliberate indifference. The court held that disagreements over medical judgment, such as the timing of a diagnosis or the choice of medication, are insufficient to prove an Eighth Amendment violation.

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Mar 12 2026
7th Cir. 24-3293 Panel Decision

CHRISTOPHER P. RADDANT v. DOUGLAS COUNTY, WISCONSIN, et al

The Seventh Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment in a civil rights case alleging excessive force during a jail booking. The court held that body-worn camera footage contradicted the plaintiff's version of events, leaving no genuine dispute for a jury to resolve regarding the reasonableness of the officers' actions.

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Mar 12 2026
6th Cir. 25-5553 Published

PAMELA LOWRANCE v. CORECIVIC, INC., dba Trousdale Turner Correctional Center; TROUSDALE COUNTY TENNESSEE a Tennessee municipality; WARDEN MARTIN FRINK

The Sixth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a wrongful death complaint alleging that prison officials were deliberately indifferent to an inmate's serious dental needs. The court held that the plaintiff failed to plead facts supporting a claim of conscious disregard of a medical need and lacked a causal link between alleged staffing policies and the specific injury.

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Mar 12 2026
3rd Cir. 25-3246 Panel Decision

CITY OF PHILADELPHIA; KRR CAPITAL LLC v. KEVIN GREGORY HAND

The Third Circuit summarily affirmed the District Court's order remanding a foreclosure and ejectment dispute to state court for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The appellate court held that neither federal question jurisdiction nor diversity jurisdiction existed because the underlying state claims did not present federal issues and the parties were not completely diverse.

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Mar 11 2026
11th Cir. 2:23-cv-00202-SPC-KCD Per Curiam

JUAN FRANCISCO VEGA v. JON P. CARNER DAKOTA CARDENAS JOHN DOE

The Eleventh Circuit affirmed summary judgment for defendants, ruling that a civil detainee's transfer to a Special Management Unit during a criminal investigation did not violate substantive due process. The court further held that the defendants did not act with subjective recklessness regarding the detainee's medical needs after he removed his own surgical stitches.

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Mar 11 2026
3rd Cir. 2:20-cv-20559 Panel Decision

Michael Kaplon v. Morris Township Police Department; Madison Police Department; Borough of Madison; Township of Morris; Chief Mark DiCarlo; Chief Darren P. Dachisen, Sr.; Police...

The Third Circuit affirmed summary judgment for police officers and municipalities in a civil rights case arising from a drunk driving crash and subsequent arrest. The court held that the officers had reasonable suspicion to stop the appellant and that the force used to subdue him was reasonable under the Fourth Amendment.

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Mar 11 2026
7th Cir. 25-2415 Panel Decision

Carnell D. Taylor v. John Idleburg, et al.

The Seventh Circuit vacated a district court's dismissal of a pretrial detainee's failure-to-protect claim, ruling that the lower court erred in treating defendant-authored documents as incontrovertible contradictions of the plaintiff's allegations. The appellate court held that the attached grievance responses did not definitively refute the detainee's claim that officials had a record of a keep-separate order.

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Mar 11 2026
7th Cir. 25-2414 Panel Decision

Carnell D. Taylor v. John Idleburg, et al.

The Seventh Circuit vacated a district court's dismissal of a pretrial detainee's failure-to-protect claim, ruling that the lower court erred in treating defendant-authored grievance responses as incontrovertible proof contradicting the plaintiff's allegations. The appellate court held that the attached documents did not definitively refute the detainee's assertion that officials had a record of a keep-separate order.

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Mar 10 2026
6th Cir. 25-1053 Published

BRAYTON JAMES GROTH v. NICHOLAS HILL, SCOTT MCINTYRE, and RAYMOND FAES

The Sixth Circuit dismissed the officers' interlocutory appeal for lack of jurisdiction because they refused to accept the plaintiff's version of genuinely disputed facts regarding the level of resistance. The court held that without a factual concession or clear video evidence resolving the dispute, appellate review of qualified immunity denials in excessive-force cases is barred.

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Mar 10 2026
10th Cir. 1:24-CV-00913-RMR Panel Decision

Gays Against Groomers v. Garcia

The Tenth Circuit held that federal courts lack jurisdiction to review the procedural rules adopted by state legislative bodies for their own deliberations. The court affirmed the dismissal of the suit against state legislators, reasoning that such internal parliamentary procedures are protected from judicial inquiry under principles of separation of powers and legislative immunity.

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