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Maness v. Dist. Court of Logan County-N. Div.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
Preservice dismissal of a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against a judge, prosecutor, and court clerk is affirmed as the dismissal of the complaint...

Zheng v. Gonzales

Civil Rights, Immigration Law
Petition for review challenging order of removal is granted as remand is required for the BIA to articulate its position concerning whether and under...

Jackson v. Gonzales

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In suit alleging racial discrimination in hiring, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where a reasonable jury could not find defendant's...

Massingill v. Nicholson

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit under The Equal Opportunity Employment Act brought by a former nurse at a VA facility, summary judgment for the VA is reversed as: 1) a...

O'Neil v. City of Iowa City

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action by the former Iowa City Airport Manager alleging that he was terminated in retaliation for exercising his First Amendment rights and that...

Elliot v. Lator

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a civil rights action in which defendants are denied qualified immunity by the district court, the circuit court lacks jurisdiction to hear an...

Michael v. Ghee

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a challenge brought by inmates in Ohio correctional facilities who were sentenced prior to Ohio's enactment of a revised sentencing system in 1996,...

Lockhart-Bembery v. Sauro

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights action arising from circumstances in which plaintiff was injured while moving her disabled vehicle, per defendant-officer's...

Lambert v. Buss

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In proceedings arising in a death penalty case, an inmate's motion for a stay of execution is denied where the district court properly concluded that...

Lockett v. Catalina Channel Express, Inc.

Civil Rights, Health Law
In an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) action brought by a legally blind individual who uses a guide dog against a ferry operator arising from...