Writing for a unanimous panel, Circuit Judge Agee, joined by Judges Quattlebaum and Rushing, held Tuesday that a Virginia middle school assistant principal did not violate the Fourth Amendment when he searched a 13-ye...
Chief Judge William Pryor, writing for a unanimous Eleventh Circuit panel on Tuesday, upheld a jury's verdict against Dimerco Express USA Corp. for refusing to hire a qualified Black applicant because of his race, rul...
Writing for a unanimous panel, Circuit Judge Erickson on Monday vacated a preliminary injunction blocking Iowa's restrictions on gender identity instruction and parental notification requirements, ruling that challeng...
Circuit Judge Smith, writing for a unanimous Eighth Circuit panel on Thursday, upheld dismissal of constitutional claims by a St. Louis County family whose home was raided by SWAT officers searching for stolen AirPods that were actually in the street, rulin...
Writing for a unanimous panel, Circuit Judge Agee, joined by Judges Quattlebaum and Rushing, held Tuesday that a Virginia middle school assistant principal did not violate the Fourth Amendment when he searched a 13-year-old student's phone for sexually expl...
U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew S. Harris on Tuesday ordered an incarcerated plaintiff to clarify his allegations against prison supervisors in his civil rights lawsuit stemming from an alleged assault, warning that 'failure to timely comply with the requireme...
U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew S. Harris on Tuesday ordered a pro se prisoner to provide specific allegations against named defendants in his civil rights lawsuit, finding that Jason Leshun Naylor's complaint lacks factual detail about how officials violated...
U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew S. Harris on Wednesday ordered a detained plaintiff to provide additional details about injuries he allegedly sustained after being placed in a cell without shower access for extended periods, warning that failure to comply coul...
U.S. District Judge Darrel James Papillion on Tuesday granted an unopposed motion to withdraw plaintiff Kathleen Davis from a landmark 1965 school desegregation lawsuit against St. James Parish School Board, finding Davis no longer has standing after her gr...
U.S. Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone on Wednesday denied without prejudice a summary judgment motion in a Section 1983 case, ruling that the defendant failed to provide the pro se prisoner plaintiff with required 'fair notice' under Ninth Circuit precedent.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Craig S. Kellison on Tuesday dismissed a pro se plaintiff's Section 1983 lawsuit alleging Sacramento County agencies illegally evicted him from his home because of his disability, finding the complaint contained only 'threadbare recita...
U.S. Magistrate Judge Dennis M. Cota on Wednesday dismissed disability discrimination claims against two California prison officials after an inmate failed to file an amended complaint within a court-imposed deadline, allowing the prisoner's retaliation and...
U.S. Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney on Wednesday granted a motion to compel a pro se prisoner's deposition while rejecting his attempt to circumvent interrogatory limits, warning that 'plaintiff's pro se status is not a free pass for discovery rules to...
U.S. Magistrate Judge Dennis M. Cota on Tuesday denied a pro se prisoner's motion to extend discovery deadlines in his civil rights lawsuit, ruling the request was 'untimely and lacks a showing of good cause' after being filed more than a month past the exi...
U.S. Magistrate Judge Erika P. Girón on Tuesday discharged an order to show cause against attorney Kevin Little without imposing sanctions after he filed a court brief containing fabricated case citations generated by artificial intelligence, accepting his...
U.S. Magistrate Judge Dennis M. Cota on Tuesday recommended dismissing the majority of claims in a civil rights lawsuit brought by an African American prisoner who alleged prison officials denied him kosher meals because of his race, finding that 'it is imp...
U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on Tuesday denied pro se prisoner Jamie Osuna's motion for reconsideration of a magistrate judge's screening order, finding that Osuna failed to show the magistrate judge's rejection of his retaliation claims was 'cle...
U.S. District Judge Brett Ludwig on Tuesday dismissed a civil rights lawsuit filed by an incarcerated plaintiff against his supervising agent, ruling that the complaint's 'brief and vague allegations' failed to state a constitutional violation after the age...
U.S. District Judge Richard Young on Tuesday ruled that a prisoner's Eighth Amendment claims for deliberate indifference can move forward against a nurse practitioner and medical provider Centurion Health, finding the refusal to provide pain medication desp...
U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker on Tuesday dismissed an amended complaint from a Marion County Jail inmate who claimed his due process rights were violated when officials conducted a disciplinary hearing more than seven days after an alleged rule vio...
U.S. District Judge James Patrick Hanlon on Tuesday ordered inmate Rodney Perry to show cause why his civil rights lawsuit should not be dismissed with prejudice after Perry failed to disclose he had 'struck out' under federal prisoner litigation rules, wit...
U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. on Wednesday denied a pro se tenant's emergency motion for a temporary restraining order to halt eviction proceedings, finding Catherine Williamson's rambling 8-page filing failed to establish the legal prerequisite...
U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle on Tuesday dismissed without prejudice a federal pretrial detainee's civil rights complaint alleging deliberate indifference to his psoriatic arthritis, writing that plaintiff Hon Ning Ho "has not alleged facts sh...