While a candidate for judicial office in Arizona, appellant Randolph Wolfson initiated this action against the members of the Arizona Commission on Judicial Conduct, the members of the Arizona Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission, and Arizona Chief Bar Counsel Robert Van Wyck (collectively, defenda...   MORE>>

Following her termination as a probationary analyst at the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department’s Office of Citizen Complaints (OCC), Salvadora Katosang brought this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Katosang alleges that Pearl Fain, her former supervisor and the Director of the OCC, and the membe...   MORE>>

The State of Tennessee (“State”) appeals the district court’s denial of its motion under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 60(b)(5). The sole issue on appeal is whether the district court abused its discretion when it refused to vacate all outstanding court orders and consent decrees granti...   MORE>>

In 2006, Bart McQueary challenged the validity of a Kentucky law placing limits on protests at military funerals, claiming that the law violated his free-speech rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The district court granted McQueary’s motion to enjoin enforcement of the law on a prel...   MORE>>

The plaintiff, Timothy Shannon, is a former Marine and retired police officer who owns a pub in Sioux City, Iowa, called “Tom Foolery’s.” In the early morning hours of September 13, 2006, Shannon was arrested inside Tom Foolery’s by Michael Koehler, a patrol officer with the Sioux City Polic...   MORE>>

Mohamed El-Tabech, a Muslim inmate serving consecutive life sentences in Nebraska’s Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI), commenced this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that prison officials were violating his religious rights under the First Amendment and the Religious Land Use and In...   MORE>>

Youa Vang Lee (Lee), as trustee for the heirs and next-of-kin of Fong Lee, filed suit against Minneapolis Police Officer Jason Andersen and the City of Minneapolis, among others, alleging a federal cause of action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 as well as state law tort claims arising from the death ...   MORE>>

Matthew LeFande appeals the district court’s dismissal of his complaint alleging the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) violated the First Amendment to the United States Constitution by terminating his position with the MPD Reserve Corps in retaliation for his making protect...   MORE>>

Officer Jeff Carter of the Fort Smith Police Department (“FSPD”) engaged in a shootout with a suspect later identified as Gary Nixon. During the exchange of gunfire, Officer Carter accidentally shot Olivia Stewart, an innocent bystander. Stewart died, and the administrator of her estate, Dontrea...   MORE>>

Plaintiffs Augusta Millender, Brenda Millender, and William Johnson (collectively, “the Millenders”) filed this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the County of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, and several individual members of the Sheriff’s Department, alleging vi...   MORE>>