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Ammons v. Washington Dept. of Social and Health Servs.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law
In a Section 1983 action alleging that defendants violated plaintiff's due process right to safe conditions while in the involuntary custody of a...

Miranda v. Braatz

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing, Indian Law
In a petition for habeas relief from the sentencing of petitioner to a term of 910 days' imprisonment for multiple criminal violations arising from a...

McKenna v. City of Philadelphia

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII action by a former police officer alleging termination based on a discriminatory animus, judgment of the district court denying...

Cox v. Warwick Valley Cent. School Dist.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Juvenile Law
In a Section 1983 action arising out of the suspension of plaintiff for misbehavior at school, summary judgment in favor of the defendant is affirmed...

Dougherty v. City of Covina

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a Section 1983 action involving a Monell claim and arising from the illegal seizure of evidence of child pornography from the plaintiff's home...

Briscoe v. City of New Haven

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute involving a disparate-impact challenge to defendant's promotion practices and where the plaintiff, an African-American firefighter for...

Powell v. City of Orange

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
In a dispute arising from an action for civil rights violations and tort, appeal by plaintiff from an order denying his motion for reconsideration is...

Morgan v. Covington Township

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a two companion actions concerning the investigation and subsequent termination of plaintiff, a former police officer, on disciplinary grounds,...

Doe v. Megless

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law
In a Section 1983 action involving whether plaintiff is required to litigate under his own name, Rule 41(b) dismissal by the district court is...

Aguayo v. U.S. Bank

Banking Law, Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Contracts, Debt Collection
In a consumer action involving the scope of California’s Rees-Levering Act, judgment of the district court dismissing action as preempted is reversed...