A federal district court in California denied a state prisoner’s 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition because the allegedly late-disclosed Brady material about the lead detective was not material, and it declined to issue a certificate of appealability.
A magistrate judge screening a pro se section 1983 complaint treated the plaintiff’s request to dismiss his state charges as an admission that the state case is ongoing, held that Younger abstention bars that relief, declined to impose sanctions, and gave him 30 days to file a third amended co
The district court granted an amended habeas petition and ordered immediate release, holding that detention without a valid warrant or lawful process violated due process and that a bond hearing would not remedy the violation.
The district court dismissed a habeas petition as moot after the petitioner was released on bond, finding that any future re-detention was speculative and hypothetical.
The court granted the defendants’ request for judicial notice and motion to dismiss, dismissing all of IVCM’s constitutional claims with leave to amend after finding no protected property interest in discretionary site plan approval, no sufficiently similar comparators for the equal prot
The district court granted in part a Haitian noncitizen’s habeas petition on Fifth Amendment due process grounds, ordered his immediate release, and dismissed Count Two without prejudice after finding his liberty interest outweighed the government’s enforcement interest.
The Eastern District of California adopted the magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations in full and dismissed Donald Ray Dison Jr.’s civil-rights action with prejudice for failure to state a claim, failure to comply with the court’s order, and failure to prosecute.
A magistrate judge recommended granting a Haitian parolee’s habeas petition and ordering his immediate release because immigration officials re-detained him without a pre-deprivation hearing.
The Eastern District of California granted Qudratullah Tanai’s habeas petition, finding that his prior parole created a liberty interest and that ICE’s re-detention of him without notice or a pre-deprivation hearing violated due process.
The Eastern District of California adopted a magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations and denied Malik Davis’s motions to amend his excessive-force complaint because the proposed state-law battery and official-capacity claims would be futile.
A federal district court granted an immigration detainee’s habeas petition and ordered his immediate release, finding that a lengthy delay in providing a statutorily required bond hearing violated due process.
A California federal court ordered Barbara Kunde Minuzzi’s immediate release from immigration custody, holding that detention to effect removal was unauthorized while her motion to reopen kept a statutory stay of removal in force.
Following a $3 million jury verdict against two Los Angeles police officers for civil rights violations, the court awarded the plaintiff’s attorneys $2,166,670 in fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988, finding the requested hourly rates largely reasonable and rejecting arguments that the fees should be
The court denied a § 2241 habeas petition challenging ICE re-detention, finding the petitioner failed to show a protected liberty interest after her DACA status lapsed and that her two-month detention was not unconstitutionally punitive.
The Central District of California dismissed Joseph Alan Emans’s Section 1983 action without prejudice after he failed to file an amended complaint or respond following an extension and an express warning that noncompliance could lead to dismissal.
The First District Court of Appeal reversed three convictions for nonforcible lewd acts committed in 1993–1994 because the six-year statute of limitations expired two decades before prosecution began, and section 799’s unlimited limitations period was not triggered because Brown could not cons
A federal district court granted Harjeet Singh’s habeas petition, finding his immigration detention without a pre-deprivation hearing violated due process, and ordered his immediate release.
The Eastern District of California granted an immigration detainee’s habeas petition and ordered a constitutionally adequate bond hearing within fourteen days, with the government bearing the burden of proof and immediate release required if the hearing is not provided.
The Eastern District of California granted a habeas petition and ordered the immediate release of a noncitizen held in civil immigration detention for over three months without a bond hearing, finding the government could not invoke mandatory detention under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(c) because the Notice to
Case Ali Ka‘abiyah v. Israel Police et al. Court Supreme Court of Israel (Israel) Judge דפנה ברק-ארז (Judicial Selection Committee
This was a final district-court order granting habeas relief and denying the temporary restraining order as moot.
An Eastern District court required a prompt bond hearing at which the government must justify continued immigration detention by clear and convincing evidence.
This was a district judge’s final order adopting findings and recommendations and granting habeas relief, not merely a magistrate judge recommendation.
Case Gutierrez Gallo v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) Court Federal Court (Canada) Date Decided October 30, 2026 Citation 2026 FC