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Scanlon v. County of Los Angeles
Summary judgment on parents' judicial deception claim was inappropriate where they demonstrated social worker made material false statements to support warrant application. 		Civil Rights 9th Feb. 5, 2024
Stanard v. Dy
District court erroneously dismissed *Bivens* claim for prisoner denied treatment for Hepatitis C., as it was comparable to a prior *Bivens* case where prison officials were deliberately indifferent to an inmate's asthma 		Civil Rights 9th Dec. 12, 2023
McDermott v. Johnson
Denial of plaintiff's habeas petition for prosecutorial misconduct after prosecutor invoked the Bible during penanlty closing arguments was upheld because there was no clearly established precedent that was violated. 		Civil Rights 9th Oct. 27, 2023
Sabbe v. Washington County Board of Commissioners
Officers not liable for victim's death despite their warrantless entry into victim's rural field when the warrantless entry was not the proximate cause of victim's death. 		Civil Rights 9th Oct. 19, 2023
Lake v. Fontes
Plaintiffs lacked Article III standing to bring claims regarding electronic voting tabulation systems, as they were no longer nominated candidates for state office and no longer sought relief related to the 2022 election. 		Civil Rights 9th Oct. 17, 2023
Liapes v. Facebook, Inc.
Plaintiff's Unruh Act intentional discrimination claim survived dismissal because Facebook's audience selection tools for insurance ads intentionally discriminated based on age and gender. 		Civil Rights 1DCA/3 Sep. 25, 2023
Marquez v. Rodriguez
Court declined to create a new *Bivens* action for plaintiff's Fifth Amendment failure-to-protect claim against jail officers who refused to place him in protective custody. 		Civil Rights 9th Sep. 7, 2023
Alexander v. Nguyen
Pretrial detainee's claims that inadequate medical care in state hospital violated his constitutional rights failed because he could not show his treating physician had acted worse than negligently. 		Civil Rights 9th Aug. 28, 2023
Amended Opinion: Johnson v. Barr
Defendant officers were entitled to qualified immunity in a false arrest case for misdemeanor public intoxication and felony child endangerment. 		Civil Rights 9th Aug. 21, 2023
Parker v. County of Riverside
Defendant could not show that the Riverside County DA committed a *Brady* suppression of evidence violation by withholding the actual murderer's confession since defendant was not convicted. 		Civil Rights 9th Aug. 16, 2023
Polanco v. Diaz
Qualified immunity was properly denied where plaintiffs alleged the state-created danger posed by the transfer of inmates exposed to COVID-19 into a general prison population. 		Civil Rights 9th Aug. 8, 2023
People v. G.A.
Due process does not require proof of a recent over act to establish dangerousness to self or others to support continued civil commitment under Welfare and Institutions Code Section 6500. 		Civil Rights 1DCA/3 Jul. 26, 2023
Yoshikawa v. Seguirant
Because there is no implied cause of action for 42 U.S.C. Section 1981 civil rights' claims, appellant's Section 1981 claim must brought as Section 1983 claim. 		Civil Rights 9th Jul. 26, 2023
Bernal v. Sacramento County Sheriff's Dept.
Parents of teen suspected of possibly executing a school shooting may be detained for a short period because of the special circumstances. 		Civil Rights 9th Jul. 10, 2023
Johnson v. Barr
Defendant officers were entitled to qualified immunity in a false arrest case for misdemeanor public intoxication and felony child endangerment. 		Civil Rights 9th Jul. 7, 2023
Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
Due process allowed a railroad to be sued in state where it registered as a foreign corporation, and under state law, had agreed to answer any suit against it there. 		Civil Rights USSC Jun. 28, 2023
Seaplane Adventures LLC v. County of Marin
Summary judgment was proper on air carrier's "class of one" equal protection claim where bases for County's alleged disparate treatment of air carrier under COVID-19 health orders were rational. 		Civil Rights 9th Jun. 27, 2023
Harper v. Nedd
Bureau of Land Management employee's claims for *Bivens* damages from Fifth Amendment due process violation was denied because Congress had already provided a remedy for his claims. 		Civil Rights 9th Jun. 27, 2023
Hopson v. Alexander
Use of force predicated on suspicion of impending criminal activity was not sufficient basis for denying qualified immunity from claims based on those acts because it was not objectively unreasonable. 		Civil Rights 9th Jun. 19, 2023
Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County v. Talevski
Provisions of the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act conferred individual rights that were enforceable via an action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 1983. 		Civil Rights USSC Jun. 9, 2023
Hill v. City of Fountain Valley
Qualified immunity applied to officers' alleged warrantless in-home arrest where officers were responding to a potential kidnapping. 		Civil Rights 9th Jun. 2, 2023
Estate of Strickland v. Nevada County
Lethal force used by officers against person armed with replica gun was justified where they reasonably believed the gun was real and presented an immediate threat when pointed at them. 		Civil Rights 9th Jun. 1, 2023
Chaudhry v. Aragon
Plaintiff doctor, who alleged that an inaccurate State report harmed his employment interests, failed to establish the requisite causation element of his "stigma-plus" Section 1983 due process claim. 		Civil Rights 9th May 24, 2023
Roberts v. Springfield Utility Board
Public employer did not violate employee's First Amendment rights by barring discussion of a workplace investigation with other employees because the restriction did not limit his ability to speak about matters of public concern. 		Civil Rights 9th May 15, 2023
Reed v. Goertz
For prisoners pursuing state post-conviction DNA testing through state courts, the statute of limitations for Section 1983 procedural due process claims start to run when the state litigation ends. 		Civil Rights USSC Apr. 20, 2023
Murguia v. Langdon
Where state actors left 10-month old twins in a more dangerous situation than the one in which they found them, the state-created danger exception applied. 		Civil Rights 9th Mar. 15, 2023
Amended Opinion: Mejia v. Miller
Expansion of implied cause of action to new context was improper where the court could not be certain of the systemwide consequences of such an expansion. 		Civil Rights 9th Mar. 3, 2023
Sinclair v. City of Seattle
Mother could not sue Seattle for loss of companionship with special needs son killed in Capital Hill Occupied Protest because the actual danger created by the City was not particularized to the decedent. 		Civil Rights 9th Mar. 2, 2023
Sullivan v. University of Washington
Disclosure of committee appointment letters would not violate right to expressive association because the committee was not a group of individuals who banded together to advance shared goals or beliefs. 		Civil Rights 9th Feb. 21, 2023
Duarte v. City of Stockton
Plaintiff's excessive force and false arrest claims were not barred by the Heck doctrine because his "no contest" plea was not entered as an actual conviction. 		Civil Rights 9th Feb. 17, 2023
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