A federal judge in the District of Oregon has vacated a declaration issued by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that threatened to cut federal Medicaid and Medicare funding from healthcare providers offering gender-affirming care to minors, ruling the...
District Judge Amy M. Baggio denied the City of Portland and Officer Abbas Mire’s motion to dismiss a complaint alleging deliberate indifference and intentional punishment of a pretrial detainee who was denied bathroom access and forced to walk barefoot...
A Ninth Circuit panel affirmed a jury verdict for a former Idaho National Laboratory security officer fired over his prescription opioid use, rejecting the contractor's argument that the firing was a national security decision immune from judicial review.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said tire manufacturer The Carlstar Group, LLC has agreed to pay $300,000 and adopt new accommodation policies under a five-year consent decree resolving allegations that it denied opportunities to Tennessee...
The Justice Department has entered into a voluntary settlement agreement with the Concord-Carlisle, Massachusetts School District to address a pattern of antisemitic harassment of students by their peers. The agreement resolves a federal investigation...
The Fourth Circuit reversed a district court's denial of a motion to dismiss in a wrongful-death suit stemming from a detainee's death from opioid withdrawal, holding that the complaint failed to connect any named officer to specific acts or omissions.
A federal judge ruled that a San Mateo police officer's qualified immunity defense cannot shield him from summary judgment on a Section 1983 malicious prosecution claim tied to a boating-under-the-influence prosecution.
U.S. District Judge Jorge L. Alonso granted a preliminary injunction in Rosado v. Bondi, holding that Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin likely violated the First Amendment by coercing private platforms to...
A federal judge in California denied Carl's Jr.'s motion for partial summary judgment, allowing a former crew member's claims of disability discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination to proceed to trial.
A divided Fourth Circuit applied the Supreme Court's new totality-of-circumstances standard and still held that Chesterfield County Corporal Gordon Painter violated clearly established Fourth Amendment law when he shot and killed Charles Byers, a man with...
A federal judge held that a male Virginia Tech student's Title IX claim can proceed to trial on evidence that a hearing officer harbored implicit sex-based bias against men during a sexual misconduct disciplinary proceeding.
A federal judge denied BNSF Railway's motion for summary judgment in a whistleblower retaliation case brought by a carman who says he was fired after reporting that an outbound train had not been properly tied down.
A federal judge dismissed the municipal-liability claims against Cheatham County, Tennessee, ruling that two prior use-of-force incidents and generalized assertions about officer misconduct fall far short of the widespread pattern required to hold a county...
A federal judge in New Hampshire held that genuine factual disputes preclude summary judgment on claims that the state's systemic failure to deliver authorized home and community-based services places disabled Medicaid waiver participants at serious risk of...
The Ninth Circuit heard oral arguments in Royce v. Bonta, a challenge to California’s SB 277 school vaccination mandate on Free Exercise Clause grounds.
A federal judge applied the Supreme Court's 2025 Medina decision to dismiss with prejudice all four Medicaid Act claims brought on behalf of a severely disabled child whose Virginia Medicaid program refused to fund inpatient treatment at a specialized...
The Tenth Circuit reversed a district court’s dismissal of a former prisoner’s constitutional claims against prison healthcare contractors, holding that the lower court erroneously applied the statute of limitations defense by making factual findings barred...
A unanimous California Court of Appeal panel reversed summary judgment for Victor Valley Community College District, holding that a postsecondary nursing student completing required clinical rotations qualifies as an unpaid intern with standing to sue under...
The First Circuit vacated the excessive force conviction of Puerto Rico police officer José Cartagena, holding that the government violated his Confrontation Clause rights by introducing a teenage victim's hearsay statements without allowing cross-examination.
The Justice Department announced a settlement Friday in United States v. David Montanus and Lisa Montanus, the first case brought by the Civil Rights Division under the Housing Rights Subpart of the 2022 Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization...