A federal court in Manhattan has temporarily restrained New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services from conducting strip searches or visual body cavity inspections of residents in ACS secure detention...
A federal court in Manhattan has temporarily restrained New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services from conducting strip searches or visual body cavity inspections of residents in ACS secure detention facilities in four circumstances unless...
A federal magistrate in Manhattan denied a request for pre-trial discovery in a constitutional challenge to city and state cannabis enforcement laws, citing unresolved standing questions and the breadth of the requests.
A federal judge in Philadelphia has dismissed without prejudice claims against a prison healthcare provider and its employees seeking damages for conduct occurring before November 2024, routing those pre-petition claims to a Texas bankruptcy court.
A federal judge in Arkansas has refused to throw out the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s lawsuit accusing a hospital system of discriminating against a male surgical technician by allowing two doctors to bar him from assisting with vaginal...
A three-judge Tenth Circuit panel has reversed a District of Kansas screening dismissal, holding that a pro se plaintiff alleging employment discrimination wasn’t obligated to plead equitable tolling facts in her complaint to survive statute-of-limitations...
TAMPA (LN) — A federal court has granted summary judgment to BayCare Health System, ending a former executive assistant’s claims that the hospital system violated federal leave and anti-discrimination laws by declining to let her work remotely for more than...
The Justice Department accuses the university of deliberate indifference to discrimination against Jewish and Israeli students in violation of Title VI.
A federal judge in Washington dismissed a civil rights lawsuit filed by Yi Sun against the New York Police Department and state housing officials, denying a request for emergency relief and closing the case without prejudice.
Grand Rapids Police Officer Christopher Schurr contends he is shielded from liability for the fatal shooting of Patrick Lyoya because the suspect had wrested control of his Taser and was holding it like a firearm.
A federal complaint filed in Manhattan alleges the New York Police Department engaged in unconstitutional practices.
A federal appeals court ruled that a Walker County deputy sheriff is not shielded by state sovereign immunity from a § 1983 suit alleging he arrested a couple out of personal animus and outside the scope of his employment.
An appellate court reversed a lower court's dismissal of a racial discrimination lawsuit, ruling that a sergeant's comments about Black NFL players and a Black subordinate's physical size presented jury questions on whether the conduct constituted a hostile...
A Tenth Circuit panel upheld the dismissal of a filmmaker’s First Amendment retaliatory arrest claim, ruling that officers had arguable probable cause to arrest him for interfering with an active-shooter standoff.
BOSTON (LN) — The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled Monday that the state’s sexual harassment statute permits victims to sue individual perpetrators directly, reversing the Appeals Court and reviving a counterclaim by a former Whitehead Institute...
The Fifth Circuit remanded a civil rights lawsuit to the district court, allowing a plaintiff with a prior criminal conviction to pursue claims for purely prospective relief, following a Supreme Court ruling that the Heck bar does not apply in such...
A federal judge in South Dakota rejected a hotel chain’s attempt to revisit a prior order finding that Native American plaintiffs had standing to sue for racial discrimination under a federal civil rights statute.
A federal judge in Nashville denied a preliminary injunction in a systemic foster-care lawsuit, ruling that the named plaintiffs failed to prove imminent irreparable harm despite evidence of past constitutional violations.
A federal magistrate judge in New Mexico denied a motion for default judgment as a sanction for spoliation, ruling that creating witness statements and coordinating testimony after a lawsuit was filed does not constitute the bad faith required for severe...
A federal judge in San Diego dismissed four of ten claims in a flight attendant’s employment discrimination lawsuit against United Airlines, but granted the plaintiff leave to amend his complaint to cure pleading deficiencies.
U.S. District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal granted summary judgment to two Harris County deputies in a civil rights lawsuit, ruling that body-worn camera footage showed the officers used only the force necessary to overcome the plaintiff’s active resistance while...