9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Aug. 21, 2023
9th Circuit must again consider homeless initiatives
The case brings the homelessness crisis playing out in cities across the nation, particularly in the West, to the appellate court’s home base in San Francisco, which has a large and quite visible population of unhoused individuals just outside its courthouse.
The fate of a judge’s preliminary injunction blocking the San Francisco Police Department from closing homeless encampments may turn on how a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel interprets its own precedent from two recent decisions involving anti-camping laws.
The panel will consider on Wednesday the city’s motion seeking a modification staying U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu of Oakland’s order. That will occur a day before Ryu is s...
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