U.S. District Judge Walter Byron on Tuesday held that a pro se father's civil rights complaint against child welfare officials constituted an impermissible 'shotgun pleading' that 'exact[s] an intolerable toll on the trial court's docket.'
Circuit Judge Kearse, writing for a three-judge panel on Tuesday, partially reversed a Northern District of New York ruling that dismissed pro se plaintiff David Campbell's civil rights lawsuit, finding that his allegations against Officer Nicholas Mushalla...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit dismissed an appeal by the State of Georgia seeking to obtain a 'limited remand' to state court to file a superseding indictment against two federal officers charged with felony murder in the 2016 death of...
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, ruling that the company's 'exceedingly repr...
Writing for a unanimous panel, Circuit Judge Kobes, joined by Circuit Judges Loken and Smith, ruled Tuesday that a Minneapolis police officer who struck a bystander with a foam projectile during 2020 protests did not violate the Fourth Amendment because "th...
Circuit Judge Rossman, joined by Judges Matheson and Phillips, on Tuesday affirmed dismissal of a $15 million civil rights lawsuit filed by Barry Morphew against Colorado law enforcement and prosecutors, ruling that the complaint failed to plausibly allege...
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 challengers failed to show they were 'likely to...
The Seventh Circuit affirmed dismissal of William Walls' second federal habeas petition as an impermissible successive challenge to his 2015 civil commitment as a sexually violent person, while sharply criticizing Illinois state courts for extraordinary del...
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a 270-day disciplinary segregation sentence imposed on a New York state prisoner constitutes an 'atypical and significant hardship' requiring procedural due process protections, reversing a lower court's dismis...
A federal appeals court ruled that plaintiffs who won a voting rights case against Puerto Rico cannot collect nearly $65,000 in attorney fees because their claim was discharged under the island's bankruptcy reorganization plan.
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a district court's dismissal of a Section 1983 civil rights lawsuit filed by a mother who claimed the state court removed her child from custody without adequate due process protections.
The Fourth Circuit on Monday affirmed a Virginia federal judge's decision not to construe a pro se prisoner's medical accommodation complaint as stating an Americans with Disabilities Act claim, ruling that the allegations pointed to 'deliberate indifferenc...