Deokaran v. U.S. Attorney General — court orders immediate release from immigration detention
The Eastern District ordered an immigration detainee released and required notice plus a neutral hearing before any renewed detention.
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Umojega v. Warden — re-detention without advance hearing violated due process
The Eastern District ordered immediate release because immigration officials re-detained the petitioner without a pre-deprivation hearing.
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Herrera Quintero v. Warden — prolonged immigration detention requires bond hearing
The Eastern District granted habeas relief in part and directed a prompt bond hearing with the government bearing the burden.
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Spano v. Suri — $335,000 fraud and conversion claims survive summary judgment
A jury may decide whether promises to return a failed deal’s $335,000 transfer support California promissory-fraud and conversion claims.
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Firsov v. Lufthansa — Montreal Convention preempts state claims and limits delay damages
The Northern District dismissed claims against Lufthansa because the Montreal Convention supplied the exclusive remedy and the complaint alleged no recoverable delay loss.
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Rukstalis v. American Zurich — court allows nondiverse defendant and will remand
A removed-case plaintiff could join a nondiverse defendant, but only through the court’s discretionary analysis under Section 1447(e).
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Vicious Brands v. Face Co. — some competing skincare false-advertising claims survive
The Northern District preserved narrowly pleaded skincare false-advertising claims but dismissed theories involving unspecified products and statements.
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Farve v. River Light — website tracking complaint lacks concrete privacy injury
A website-tracking plaintiff lacked federal standing because she did not identify sensitive information disclosed or a highly offensive privacy intrusion.
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Dorival v. LaRose — ICE Had to Release Previously Paroled Detainee After Re-Arrest Without Due Process
A Southern District judge ordered ICE to release a Haitian national who had lived on humanitarian parole for years before being re-detained without notice or a hearing.
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RDJ Beverages v. USLIC — Liquor-Liability Insurer Owed a Defense Based on Facts Learned Outside the Complaint
A federal judge held that a liquor-liability insurer owed a defense because its own investigation revealed facts creating a potential for coverage.
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Moehling v. Select Portfolio Servicing — Prior Bankruptcy Findings Barred Repackaged Mortgage-Servicing Claims
A federal judge dismissed mortgage-servicing claims with prejudice because prior bankruptcy findings foreclosed the core allegations and the borrower could not plead RESPA damages.
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Nunez Ramirez v. ICE — Former Unaccompanied Minor Was Entitled to Process Before Re-Detention
A Southern District judge ordered the release of a former unaccompanied minor whom immigration authorities re-detained without notice or an individualized hearing.
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Anthony v. County of San Diego — Civil-Rights Plaintiffs Got One More Chance to Plead County Liability and Tolling
A federal judge dismissed deficient municipal-liability claims with leave to amend while allowing a fact-dependent equitable-tolling theory to proceed beyond the pleading stage.
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Rueda-Flores — Court Orders Release After ICE Re-Detention Without a Hearing
Rueda-Flores: Court Orders Release After ICE Re-Detention Without a Hearing.
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Gonzalez Castillo — ICE Must Release Detainee Re-Arrested Without Pre-Detention Process
Gonzalez Castillo: ICE Must Release Detainee Re-Arrested Without Pre-Detention Process.
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Rakesh LNU — Due Process Requires Hearing Before ICE Re-Detains Released Noncitizen
Rakesh LNU: Due Process Requires Hearing Before ICE Re-Detains Released Noncitizen.
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People v. Flint — Off-duty deputy remained a peace officer for felony-murder resentencing
A published California decision holds that an off-duty deputy retained peace-officer authority, making a felony-murder defendant ineligible for section 1172.6 resentencing.
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Washington v. Alta Loma School District — Job sharing is not leave that permits temporary teacher status
A school district could not classify a teacher as temporary merely because she covered hours relinquished through permanent teachers’ voluntary job sharing.
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Pasiecznik v. Home Depot — Injury testimony and expert opinions required renewed summary-judgment review
The Ninth Circuit revived part of an injury case because photographs and jail calls did not conclusively negate expert-supported internal injuries.
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MacDonald v. OHSU — Hospital showed undue hardship from religious vaccine exemption
The Ninth Circuit held that a hospital proved undue hardship from allowing an unvaccinated mother-and-baby-unit nurse to remain in her role.
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Castillo v. Bean — Post-conviction counsel error may excuse default of Nevada death-penalty claims
The Ninth Circuit revived two Nevada death-row habeas claims because initial post-conviction counsel’s errors may excuse their procedural default.
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Talbot v. The North Face — Social-media accusations were not actionable defamation
The Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissal of claims based on Instagram accusations arising from a climbing dispute and declined to apply Washington’s anti-SLAPP statute.
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Singh — Court Cannot Review USCIS Dismissal Tied to Expedited Removal
An Eastern District court held that federal jurisdiction-stripping provisions barred an APA challenge to USCIS’s dismissal of an asylum application tied to expedited removal.
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Gallardo v. Victoria’s Secret — CAFA Jurisdiction Survives Remand Challenge
A Central District court kept a wage-and-hour class action in federal court because potential waiting-time penalties alone plausibly exceeded CAFA’s $5 million threshold.