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Civil Rights,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Jun. 20, 2019

Cities prepare to challenge 9th Circuit case on homeless

A federal judge's decision to remove his colleague from an Orange County homeless civil rights lawsuit comes amid an intersecting debate over law and policy that's being amplified in municipalities across the nation.

Cities prepare to challenge 9th Circuit case on homeless
The City of Santa Ana added this mural of U.S. District Judge David O. Carter to a new homeless shelter that opened as a result of his work in a civil rights lawsuit over homelessness in north Orange County (Courtesy of City of Santa Ana).

SANTA ANA -- A federal judge's decision to remove his colleague from an Orange County homeless civil rights lawsuit comes amid an intersecting debate over law and policy that's being amplified in municipalities across the nation.

The aggressive stance that drove the recusal of U.S. District Judge David O. Carter is part of a coordinated defense by several cities agains...

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