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Rivera v. O’Reilly Auto Enterprises — E.D. Cal. Allows Comparator Evidence in FEHA Disability Discrimination Trial

/ January 3, 2026

Eastern District of California rules on pre-trial motions in limine, allowing the plaintiff in a FEHA disability discrimination case to introduce comparator evidence about other employees’ misconduct and rejecting the employer’s argument that subsequent comparable employment fully cuts o

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Mussie B.Z. v. Chestnut — E.D. Cal. Releases Eritrean Asylum-Seeker, Holding ICE Re-Detention Without Bond Hearing Violates Statute and Due Process

/ January 2, 2026

Eastern District of California issues a temporary restraining order requiring ICE to immediately release an Eritrean asylum-seeker re-detained at a routine check-in, holding the detention violated both the Immigration and Nationality Act and the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.

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Sartaj S. v. Andrews — E.D. Cal. Orders Release of Re-Detained Asylum-Seeker, Holding Due Process Required Bond Hearing

/ January 1, 2026

Eastern District of California grants preliminary injunction ordering immediate release of an asylum-seeker re-detained by ICE without a bond hearing, holding that the Due Process Clause required a pre-deprivation hearing.