The court allowed the excessive-force claims to proceed against Officers Salala and Charles because factual disputes prevented summary judgment and qualified immunity. A claim based on Salala’s seizure of Hardin’s phone also survived, although delay-based detention theories did not.
The court held that the letter was a claim and granted summary judgment to Houston Casualty. Its substance communicated a demand tied to damages for which the insurer might be responsible, triggering the policy’s reporting requirement.
The court denied the petition without prejudice. Issuance and execution of a warrant within the regulatory period cured the asserted initial defect for purposes of continued detention, and release was not the ordinary remedy for a Fourth Amendment arrest violation.
The court awarded $535,000. The lodestar was approximately $451,270, and the roughly 19 percent increase reasonably compensated counsel for delayed payment because the calculation used older 2023 rates even though much of the appellate work occurred after rates increased.
A federal court held that a Ram lessee’s Song-Beverly express-warranty claims were filed too late because she knew of recurring defects years before suing.
People v. Jimenez: Racial Justice Act Claim Requires Comparisons to Similarly Situated Offenders.
People v. U.S. Fire Insurance: Surety Remains Liable After Failure to Arrange Required GPS.
Bombardini v. Board of Psychology: Challenge to Discipline Was Untimely and Probation Ruling Stands.
Steer v. Town of Los Gatos: Discretionary Street Dedication Defeats CEQA Ministerial Exemption.
A California federal court remanded a removed case after an amended complaint dropped punitive damages and left less than the jurisdictional amount in controversy.
A California federal court ordered a visa overstayer released because immigration authorities detained him without the process required before disturbing his settled liberty.
A California federal court ordered immediate release after ICE re-detained a supervised noncitizen without complying with statutory and regulatory revocation safeguards.
A California federal court vacated a Social Security denial because the administrative law judge selectively read the medical record when rejecting the claimant’s pain testimony.
The magistrate judge found that none of the five factors used to assess unconstitutionally prolonged civil detention favored immediate release.
The magistrate judge recommended immediate release on the prior conditions.
The district court granted the petition and ordered immediate release.
After independent review, the district court adopted the recommendation, granted relief on procedural due-process grounds, and ordered immediate release with the return of the petitioner’s possessions.
The district court dismissed the petition without prejudice.
The district court ordered immediate release.
The district court adopted the recommended relief and ordered his release without new restrictions.
The magistrate judge recommended immediate release.
The district court granted habeas relief and ordered release.
The district court granted the petition and ordered immediate release.
The district court adopted the magistrate judge’s recommendation and held the re-detention violated Fifth Amendment procedural due process.