Civil Litigation,
Government,
Civil Rights
Jan. 15, 2020
New homeless suit returns cities to judge they tried to avoid
The new action returns three defendant cities to the jurisdiction of the U.S. judge they previously recused.
Three Orange County cities that won the recusal of a federal judge in a homeless civil rights lawsuit are back under his jurisdiction in a new lawsuit aimed at halting the cross-city transportation of homeless people.
Assigned the case on Monday, U.S. District Judge David O. Carter already has ruled in the defense's favor on a key issue, rejecting early Tuesday a temp...
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