A magistrate judge found Gabrielle Chanel El’s civil-rights and disability-discrimination complaint sufficient for preliminary IFP screening, granted her application, extended the service deadline, and ordered reassignment because all parties had not consented to magistrate-judge jurisdiction.
A magistrate judge recommended that a prisoner’s amended complaint proceed only on Eighth Amendment and ADA claims against four medical providers, that the remaining claims be dismissed without further amendment, and that his request for a specialist and therapeutic diet be denied as a prelimi
The district court denied a pro se plaintiff’s motions to file a third amended complaint and to extend fact discovery, finding no good cause to modify the scheduling order where the plaintiff already knew of the alleged identity theft when he filed his second amended complaint.
A federal magistrate judge ordered an immigration detainee and the woman who filed a habeas petition as his next friend to establish his own participation or obtain licensed counsel within thirty days, warning that noncompliance would produce a recommendation of dismissal without prejudice.
A federal court ordered one petitioner to explain in writing why he should not be dismissed from the case because his petition did not allege facts showing he suffered a concrete injury required for Article III standing.
The court granted in part and denied in part the defendants’ request to stay discovery, requiring production of specified pay policies and Peck’s employment and wage records by November 18, 2026, while staying all other discovery pending the underlying motion to stay the action.
A California federal court ordered an ADA plaintiff to show cause why it should not decline supplemental jurisdiction over his Unruh Act and related state-law claims, requiring declarations addressing statutory damages and high-frequency-litigant status.
A magistrate judge in the Eastern District of California recommended granting a § 2241 habeas petition and directing the immediate release of an Afghan detainee held more than six months after his removal order, finding no significant likelihood of removal in the reasonably foreseeable future.
A federal district court granted a habeas corpus petition and ordered the immediate release of an immigration detainee, finding that revoking his prior release without a showing of changed circumstances violated his Fifth Amendment procedural due process rights.
A federal district court dismissed an immigration detainee’s habeas corpus petition challenging his two-month detention, finding that the detention remained reasonably necessary to effectuate removal and that existing procedures provided adequate due process protections.
A federal magistrate judge granted Rippling’s request to forensically inspect two iPhones belonging to Deel’s CFO and the newer iPhone of Deel’s CEO, finding the narrowed request for 16 data artifacts relevant and proportional under Rule 26(b) in light of evidence of deleted messag
The Eastern District of California adopted the magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations and dismissed Dean Michael Stevens’s prisoner civil-rights action without prejudice for failure to prosecute and comply with court orders.
The court directed the parties to justify their request for retained settlement-enforcement jurisdiction, provide their settlement agreement, and address pending jurisdictional challenges, or instead submit an amended unconditional dismissal stipulation.
The Eastern District of California adopted the magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations in full and dismissed Ronald G. Olliver’s Section 1983 action without prejudice for failure to comply with court orders and pay the required filing fee.
The district court dismissed a second Section 2241 habeas petition without prejudice because it duplicated an earlier pending action involving the same parties and challenge to immigration detention.
The Central District of California granted a writ of habeas corpus and ordered the immediate release of an immigrant detainee who was arrested without a warrant and detained under the wrong statutory authority, depriving him of the procedural protections required by 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a).
A federal magistrate judge ordered Erick Armando Morales immediately released from ICE custody, holding that his May 2026 re-detention without a pre-deprivation hearing violated procedural due process after he had lived at liberty for years following his 2022 release.
A federal magistrate judge recommends dismissing Robert Taylor’s lawsuit against major credit reporting agencies after Taylor failed to file an amended complaint or respond to an order to show cause, despite explicit warnings that noncompliance would result in dismissal.
The Central District of California entered the parties’ stipulated protective order, creating a two-tier confidentiality system for discovery material that expressly disclaims blanket protection, leaves sealing to Civil Local Rule 79-5, and ends the protections at the start of trial.
The magistrate judge entered the parties’ stipulated protective order governing the designation, challenge, use, and post-judgment return or destruction of confidential discovery material in this consolidated action against the City of Los Angeles and LAPD personnel.
The district court adopted a magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations in full and dismissed a state prisoner’s pro se Section 1983 action as duplicative of claims against the same defendant that had already been dismissed with prejudice in an earlier case.
A federal district court dismissed a pro se habeas petition challenging immigration detention as moot after the petitioner was removed to Mexico, holding that no effective relief remained available.
The Eastern District of California adopted the magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations in full and dismissed Jesus Zavala’s Section 1983 action without prejudice after he failed to comply with an order requiring an amended complaint.
A California federal magistrate judge denied a detained noncitizen’s habeas petition, finding no entitlement to advance notice or a pre-deprivation hearing and no developed record showing that his immigration detention was punitive.