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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Moot beaches, sparking the French Revolution, and cash-bail advocacy.

Reason

Ninth Circuit Rejects Claim that University Libeled Students and Coaches by Falsely Accusing Them of Blackface Skit

From Day v. California Lutheran Univ., decided yesterday by Ninth Circuit Judges Gabriel Sanchez and Salvador Mendoza, Jr., and District Court Judge Brian Jackson (M.D. La.) (reversing a decision I blogged about last Fall): In January 2020, a group of students from the California Lutheran University ("CLU") women's softball team…

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Alabama redistricting plaintiffs formally object to state’s newly enacted congressional map

The plaintiffs in Allen v. Milligan filed a formal objection on July 28 with United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama regarding the state’s revised congressional district boundaries. The plaintiffs requested that the court prohibit the state from using the new boundaries and appoint a special master to draw…

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Rapper G Herbo pleads guilty to using stolen credit cards to pay for private jets, luxury cars, stay at Jamaican villa

G Herbo, whose real name is Herbert Wright III, signed a plea deal Wednesday in federal court in Boston, admitting wire fraud and lying to federal agents.

Chicago Sun-Times

District Court Strikes Down Race Preference in USDA's and SBA's Contracting Schemes

From Judge Clifton Corker's opinion today in Ultima Servs. Corp. v. U.S. Dep't of Agric. (E.D. Tenn.) [UPDATE: link fixed]: This case concerns whether, under the Fifth Amendment's guarantee of equal protection, Defendants the United States' Department of Agriculture ("USDA") and the Small Business Administration ("SBA") may use a "rebuttable…

Reason

District Court Injunction Sets off Fireworks

Episode 467 of the Cyberlaw Podcast

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Biden’s 100th U.S. District Court judge confirmed

Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day:

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Biden administration urges court to deny Tahawwur Rana's petition against extradition to India

The Biden administration has urged a court in California to deny the writ of habeas corpus filed by Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana and reiterated that he be extradited to India where he is sought for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.

The Hindu

Plaintiff's Being a Possibly Vexatious Litigant May Be Basis for Denying Pseudonymity,

even when plaintiff's lawsuit was connected to her having been allegedly sexually assaulted, which has often (but not always) been seen as a basis for allowing pseudonymity.

Reason

10th Cir. Narrowly Reads "Injury Litigated Against Would Be Incurred" Basis for Pseudonymous Litigation

The court concludes that this justification doesn't generally let plaintiffs sue pseudonymously in libel or disclosure of private facts that seek damages.

Reason

Just The Facts, Ma'am

The importance of the trial records in Students for Fair Admissions and 303 Creative

Reason

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Suing the TSA, unsecured explosives, and basic grammar.

Reason

Conservative Fort Pierce jury pool could bode well for Trump defense, but is it that simple?

ORLANDO, Fla. — For now, former President Donald J. Trump, indicted for hoarding classified government documents at his South Florida home, is scheduled to go on trial in U.S. District Court in Fort Pierce, a venue that many observers view as a potentially favorable place because of its politically conservative…

Orlando Sentinel

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

David Sosa has some important thoughts. And so does David Sosa. As well as David Sosa. Also, David Sosa.

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Gov.-DeSantis-Suspended Tampa Prosecutor Andrew Warren's State-Law Challenge Fizzles on Timeliness Grounds

The federal law challenge, which was rejected by the District Court, is still on appeal to the Eleventh Circuit.

The Independent UK

Court rules in favour of transgender woman at Wyoming sorority

A sorority being sued because its University of Wyoming chapter admitted a transgender woman seeks to dismiss the lawsuit, saying sorority rules allow the woman's membership and a court can't interfere with that

Irish Mirror

Man accused of sending messages about Russian embassy burning down walks free as case collapses

Dublin District Court heard that the 'injured party is not engaging with us and has informed us he will not be attending today, so we are not in a position to proceed'

Al Jazeera

US groups celebrate first Muslim woman to serve as federal judge

Confirmation of Nusrat Jahan Choudhury as a federal judge in New York is a significant first for US Muslim community.

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Two men due to appear before Cork District Court over death of man in Cork

Matt O'Neill was hit in the head and neck with a bottle in an attack in Carrigaline last year

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Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for June 1, 2023

Welcome to the June 12 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

The Independent UK

SEC says crypto firm Binance mishandled funds, violated securities laws

The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao are accused of misusing investor funds, operating as an unregistered exchange and violating a slew of U.S. securities laws in a lawsuit filed by the SEC

Reason

District Court Judge Revives Kids Climate Case

Years after the Ninth Circuit ordered the case dismissed, it is brought back to life with a surprising trial court order.

AAP

District Court judge resigns after conduct complaint

A South Australian judge has resigned after a complaint about his conduct was referred to an independent commissioner for investigation.

ABC News

SA District Court judge resigns amid investigation into 'complaint about his conduct'

South Australian District Court Judge Timothy Heffernan has resigned amid an investigation into a "complaint about his conduct".

ABC News

Gene Bristow, who kidnapped and raped backpacker, refuses to pay victims of crime levy

Gene Bristow — who had lured a 24-year-old European backpacker to his Meningie farm, south-east of Adelaide, and raped her — refuses to pay the victims of crime levy because he is not an Australian citizen.

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