Ninth Circuit revives a Section 1983 deliberate fabrication claim against a Garden Grove detective whose police report significantly mischaracterized recorded witness statements on a critical issue in the case.
The Ninth Circuit, sitting en banc, reverses a district court that ended a $1.1 million civil forfeiture case as a discovery sanction, holding that the claimant established standing and gave the government enough information to investigate his ownership claim.
The Ninth Circuit revived an asthma-based ADA accommodation claim that a California federal court had dismissed as time-barred, holding that the district court erred by failing to consider whether California’s worksharing agreement with the EEOC extended the charge-filing deadline to 300 days.
The Ninth Circuit dismisses Chiquita Canyon landfill’s appeal of a preliminary injunction order, holding that an order finding injunction factors satisfied but directing further meet-and-confer on remedy terms is not an appealable injunction.
The Ninth Circuit holds that under its binding precedent in Filice, California state claim preclusion law—not federal law—governs the preclusive effect of FTCA judgments, and a statute-of-limitations dismissal has no preclusive effect under California law.
The Ninth Circuit holds that Younger abstention does not apply to a class action by LA County foster youth challenging systemic failures in housing, mental health, and services, because ongoing dependency proceedings are designed to protect children—not prosecute parents.
The Ninth Circuit reverses summary judgment for Orange County on a Monell claim and vacates a jury verdict for a jail nurse, finding the trial court’s rigid three-hour time limit prevented the plaintiff from presenting his case after a stroke was misidentified as intoxication during booking.