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In Civil Rights Department v. City of Torrance, ordered published October 27, 2026, the Second District Court of Appeal, Division 1 affirmed an order granting the CRD’s motion to compel production of documents. A prospective employee filed a complaint with the CRD alleging that the city had discriminated against him in declining to hire him… Keep reading →
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In K.J. v. Jackson, published February 11, 2025, the 9th Circuit reversed summary judgment for the individual defendants in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case. The students involved in a lunchtime fight on a high school campus were suspended for fighting on campus. The plaintiff was included. Before he and the other students were suspended, they… Keep reading →
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In Thai v. County of Los Angeles, published February 12, 2025, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment for the defendant investigators from the county district attorney's office. The investigators were assigned to the Cooperative Disability Investigations Unit, a joint federal-state task force assigned to investigate allegations of fraud in Social Security disability benefit… Keep reading →
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In I.C. v. Compton Unified School Dist., ordered published February 6, 2025, the Second District Court of Appeal, Division 8 affirmed a judgment entered after jury trial. The 16-year-old plaintiff and his friend started a fist fight during an art class. Their teacher intervened. The teacher weighed 375 pounds, and had recently been using a… Keep reading →
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In Olson v. County of Grant, published February 10, 2025, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to the defendants. The plaintiff, who runs a marijuana dispensary in Oregon (where possession of marijuana is not illegal), was arrested in Idaho for marijuana possession. During the traffic stop leading to her… Keep reading →
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In D.G. v. Orange County Social Services Agency, ordered published January 31, 2025, the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division 3 reversed the summary judgment granted to the defendant county. The plaintiff and his siblings were first placed in a foster home in 1972, when the plaintiff was three. The foster parents were licensed, had no… Keep reading →
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In Bakos v. Roach, published January 29, 2025, the Third District Court of Appeal reversed in part and affirmed in part the trial court's grant of summary judgment. Acting on a tip, level 2 humane officers of the Humane Society obtained a search warrant under Penal Code section 597.1, searched the plaintiff's pheasant hunting club, and… Keep reading →
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In Grimm v. City of Portland, published January 3, 2025, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to the city in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case. The plaintiff parked a car on the side of a downtown street. He paid through an app for an hour and 19… Keep reading →
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In Thomas v. County of Humboldt, published December 30, 2024, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in part and reversed in part the district court's dismissal of a class action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 challenging fines for illegal cultivation of cannabis. Under the county code, illegal cultivation can carry daily fines of $6,000… Keep reading →
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In Singh v. City of Phoenix, published December 26, 2024, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed summary judgment granted to a police officer in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case. The defendant and another officer responded to a report of an attempted robbery with a knife, and that the knife-wielder was chasing the victim with… Keep reading →
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