The magistrate judge granted Barrett’s renewed motion to proceed in forma pauperis and ordered him to file a legally sufficient amended Title VII complaint within 30 days after screening the original complaint as deficient.
The court granted the petition for writ of habeas corpus, ordering petitioner’s immediate release from ICE custody and enjoining re-detention without a pre-detention hearing, because ICE detained him for two months without notifying him he was held under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(c) and deprived him of
A magistrate judge recommended dismissal of a pro se state prisoner’s second § 2254 petition as duplicative of an earlier-filed case involving identical claims, parties, and relief, and separately ordered the clerk to randomly assign a district judge to the matter.
A magistrate judge recommended denying a state prisoner’s application to proceed in forma pauperis in his Section 1983 action after reviewing his prisoner trust account statement and concluding he could afford the $405 filing fee.
A magistrate judge recommended dismissing this action without prejudice after the plaintiff did not submit the required in forma pauperis materials or pay the filing fee, and also recommended denying his related motion without prejudice.
A federal magistrate judge recommended dismissing a pro se plaintiff’s case for failure to prosecute after he did not file an amended complaint within the 30-day window the court had provided.
The court granted the petitioner’s habeas petition and motion for a temporary restraining order, ordering his immediate release from immigration detention because the government failed to provide a constitutionally required pre-deprivation bond hearing before re-detaining him in July 2026.
A federal district court granted a pro se immigration detainee’s habeas petition and motion for a temporary restraining order, ordering his immediate release because the government failed to provide a constitutionally required pre-deprivation bond hearing before re-detaining him.
A federal magistrate judge recommended granting a § 2241 habeas petition and ordering the immediate release of an immigration detainee whom ICE re-arrested without a pre-deprivation hearing, finding the re-detention violated the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
The Eastern District of California denied David Emanuel Choc-Choc’s habeas petition because his inadmissibility charges and pending New Jersey aggravated-assault charge satisfied the two conditions for mandatory detention under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(c)(1)(E).
Magistrate Judge Ila C. Deiss denied a pro se prisoner’s request for injunctive relief because he did not clearly show likely success on his preferred-surgery claims or irreparable harm from lacking an electronic tablet.
The court denied without prejudice the petitioner’s motion for appointment of counsel, finding no likelihood of success on the merits shown at this early stage and that the petitioner had adequately articulated his claims pro se.
A California federal magistrate judge found triable disputes over whether five officers disregarded an obvious risk between two alleged attacks, while recommending judgment for the corrections director who administered the housing program.
The Eastern District of California transferred the case to the Central District of California under 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a) because the claims arose in Riverside County, which lies in the Central District, and ordered the pro se plaintiff to stop improperly filing cases in the Eastern District.
The court granted Kimberley L.A.C. Marquard leave to proceed in forma pauperis but found that her complaint against more than 30 defendants was an impermissible shotgun pleading that failed to state a claim, giving her 30 days to amend.
Screening Tracy Taylor’s removed prisoner complaint, a magistrate judge found four cognizable religious-freedom claims against Macomber and Arce, ordered those served defendants to respond within 45 days, and recommended—not ordered—dismissal of Macomber’s individual-capacity claims and
The court denied an incarcerated pro se plaintiff’s motions to compel because defendants had not received his discovery requests and had no responses or objections for the court to review, but treated the motion as service, required responses within 45 days, and extended the discovery and pret
The Eastern District of California granted Walter Kevin Cavero Guarnizo’s habeas petition and ordered a bond hearing before a neutral decisionmaker within 14 days, holding that alleged violations of release conditions do not eliminate his due process right to a bond determination after re-dete
The Eastern District of California granted Christopher Rhynes’s motion to remand his PAGA action, concluding that the removing defendants did not establish that the predicate Labor Code claims were preempted by section 301 of the LMRA.
A federal court declined to resolve Title VII exhaustion on the pleadings, dismissed S.K.’s disparate-treatment and quid pro quo claims without prejudice, and denied dismissal of her hostile-work-environment and retaliation claims.
Judge Anne Hwang ordered Rogelio Santibanez to show cause within 14 days why the court should exercise supplemental jurisdiction over his Unruh Act and other state-law claims, and required damages information and sworn declarations addressing the statutory high-frequency-litigant definition.
The court granted the warden’s motion to dissolve the June 22, 2026 no-transfer order after finding that Boucherafa apparently had not sought review of the BIA’s dismissal, making his removal order administratively final and shifting his detention to 8 U.S.C. § 1231(a)(1)-(2).
The court granted Yennier Velazquez Almaguer’s habeas petition as to claim one and ordered a bond hearing before a neutral decisionmaker within ten days, with the government required to prove flight risk or dangerousness by clear and convincing evidence.
A federal magistrate judge recommends granting Eric Perez Sanchez’s § 2241 petition and ordering his immediate release, concluding that his pending BIA appeal keeps him under § 1226(a) and that more than eight months without the required detention process violated procedural due process.