The Court of Appeal affirmed a resentencing order that struck prison priors but kept two five-year serious-felony enhancements and reimposed an upper term, holding the trial court reasonably found dismissal would endanger public safety and that section 1172.75(d)(4) permits reimposing a previously i
A federal district court granted in part a habeas petition from an immigration detainee held since December 2025, ordering the government to provide a Rodriguez bond hearing within 14 days where the government must prove by clear and convincing evidence that continued detention is justified.
A California federal magistrate judge denied a habeas petition brought by a B-2 visa overstay detainee, finding that his five-week-old derivative asylum application did not create the kind of conditional liberty interest that would entitle him to a pre-detention hearing.
The Central District of California granted Xiaodong Ma’s habeas petition, holding that ICE detained him without the pre-deprivation hearing required by procedural due process and ordering his immediate release.
The Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed a juvenile court’s finding that a middle school student violated Penal Code section 148(a)(1) by refusing a campus weapons search, holding that school liaison officers need only reasonable suspicion to search students, and modified its opinion on re
The Fourth Appellate District denied rehearing and modified its opinion affirming the denial of a California Racial Justice Act motion, holding that a juror’s comment about overcoming childhood racism, a prosecutor’s limited ministerial appearances, and a single broad sentencing statisti