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In M.T. v. Pajero Valley Unified School District, ordered published November 2, 2026, the Sixth District Court of Appeal affirmed summary judgment for the defendant district. The plaintiff alleged that a teacher at an elementary school in the district sexually abused him in August 1997, when the plaintiff was a teenager. The plaintiff was a… Keep reading →
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In Carley v. Aranas, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court order denying a motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity. The plaintiff was an inmate in state prison. She was diagnosed with Hepatitis C in 2013. In 2013, the FDA began approving direct acting antivirals as a new treatment that cured… Keep reading →
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In San Diego Unified School District v. Superior Court (John Doe D.Y.), published May 28, 2024, the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division 1 issued a writ of mandate directing the trial court to vacate its order denying the real party district's Code of Civil Procedure section 170.6 to the trial court judge. Code of Civil… Keep reading →
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In Ververka v. Department of Veterans Affairs, ordered published May 22, 2024, the First District Court of Appeal, Division 1 affirmed a trial court's denial of a motion to vacate a jury verdict. The plaintiff alleged that the state agency he worked for removed him from his administrator position based on whistleblowing. He sued the agency… Keep reading →
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In Campbell v. Los Angeles Unified School Dist., ordered published May 22, 2024, the Second District Court of Appeal affirmed a trial court decision denying a petition for a writ of administrative mandate challenging her dismissal. (A decision in another lawsuit between the parties was published May 21, 2024.) The plaintiff worked as a resource specialist… Keep reading →
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In Nielsen v. Thornell, published May 21, 2024, a divided panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court's dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the NAACP and two former prisoners alleging that Arizona's private prisons violate various federal constitutional rights. The majority ruled that imprisonment in private prisons does not violate inmates'… Keep reading →
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In Campbell v. Los Angeles Unified School Dist., ordered published May 21, 2024, the Second District Court of Appeal, Division 8 affirmed the dismissal of an employment lawsuit on demurrer. In 2021, the plaintiff sued her former employer over events leading to her 2017 dismissal. She alleged that the school district employer racially discriminated against her,… Keep reading →
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In Culley v. Marshall, published May 9, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the dismissal of the plaintiffs' claims under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 seeking damages for violation of due process. Both plaintiffs were innocent vehicle owners whose vehicles were seized under civil forfeiture because they loaned the vehicles to drivers who possessed or were trafficking… Keep reading →
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In Helm v. City of Los Angeles, et al. ordered published May 13, 2024, the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division 1, the appellate court affirmed summary judgment for the defendants in a case alleging dangerous condition of public property. The defendant city owns the area where the plaintiff was injured, and the defendant county maintains… Keep reading →
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In Doe v. Bonta, published May 8, 2024, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's dismissal of an action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 challenging California Assembly Bill 173, enacted as Penal Code sections 11106(d) and 30352(b). The statutes require the California Department of Justice to provide to a research center at the… Keep reading →
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