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Jordan v. Ector County

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 against a county and clerk alleging they fired plaintiff in retaliation for her exercise of her First...

Adamson v. Multi Cmty. Diversified Servs., Inc.

Civil Rights, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a federal age and sex discrimination action against a non-profit corporate employer brought by plaintiffs-family members after they were...

Patel v. US Bureau of Prisons

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a suit against the United States Bureau of Prisons and certain prison officials at a federal correctional facility alleging they violated his right...

Gabriel v. Hamlin

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sanctions
In a prisoner's-rights suit filed after being plaintiff was seriously injured while working in a prison kitchen, denial of a continuance and dismissal...

Dist. of Columbia v. Jeppsen

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Education Law
In suit challenging ruling that plaintiff district may not move a hearing disabled student into the public school system, dismissal of suit as moot...

Brown v. Dist. of Columbia

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In prisoner civil rights action, dismissal of complaint is reversed in part as to claim for violation of rights while in defendant district's prison,...

McGhee v. Pottawattamie County

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In civil rights suits brought against a county and former prosecutors and officers involved in an initial investigation and prosecution of plaintiffs...

Moore v. Indehar

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging a violation of plaintiff's Fourth Amendment right to be free from the use of excessive force, summary...

Amadasu v. Christ Hosp.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination and civil rights action against plaintiff's former employer-hospital and others, Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal of the action...

Diaz-Romero v. Mukasey

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought under Bivens and the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) alleging that the defendants engaged in a conspiracy to violate his...