In Mayfield v. City of Mesa, published March 24, 2025, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit under Title 11 of the American with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act. While the plaintiff, who is deaf, was driving home at night, a police officer observed her weaving in traffic and pulled…
In Mayfield v. City of Mesa, published March 24, 2025, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit under Title 11 of the American with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act. While the plaintiff, who is deaf, was driving home at night, a police officer observed her weaving in traffic and pulled…
In Johnson v. California Department of Transportation, published March 17, 2025, the Third District Court of Appeal affirmed a trial court order disqualifying a plaintiff's attorney and experts. The plaintiff, an employee of the defendant agency, sued the agency for claims arising out of the employment. While the suit was pending, an attorney representing the agency…
In Jensen v. Brown, published March 10, 2025, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 lawsuit without leave to amend. The plaintiff is a mathematics professor at a state community college. The board of regents for the state college system adopted a policy that lowered the academic level…
In Bird v. Dizurenda, published March 13, 2025, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the district court's denial of summary judgment to defendant prison guards based on qualified immunity. The plaintiff inmate approached the officer in charge of his cell unit and requested that he be moved from his cell at once because of issues…
In D'Braunstein v. California Highway Patrol, published March 12, 2025, a divided panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed summary judgment for the defendant officer. The officer arrived at the scene of a single-vehicle auto accident, in which the plaintiff crashed his car into a concrete wall along a freeway onramp. The plaintiff…
In Estate of Najera-Aguirre v. City of Riverside, published March 11, 2025, the 9th Circuit affirmed a judgment against a police officer for use of excessive force entered after a jury trial, and the district court's denial of judgment as a matter of law. The defendant police officer arrived at the scene after receiving a report…
In K.C. v. County of Merced, published March 11, 2025, the Fifth District Court of Appeal affirmed dismissal of the plaintiff's action after demurrer. The plaintiff alleged that she was sexually abused and assaulted while in two foster care placements between 1971 and 1977. The plaintiff alleged she repeatedly reported the sexual abuse at the first…
In Hartzell v. Marana Unified School Dist., published March 5, 2025, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment in favor of the defendant school district and its principal. The plaintiff was a parent who had multiple children enrolled in the school overseen by the defendant principal. The plaintiff…
In Ryan v. County, published February 28, 2025, the Second District Court of Appeal, Division 3 affirmed in part and reversed in part a judgment after jury trial. A surgeon on the staff of a county hospital was terminated after his medical staff privileges lapsed and were not renewed. He alleged he was terminated for whistle-blowing…