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In re Dixon
Staff member who originally classified the severity of inmate's alleged rule violation was statutorily prohibited from serving as the final reviewing officer for the disciplinary hearing. 		Prisoners' Rights 4DCA/1 Aug. 22, 2025
People v. Wright
Despite the trial court providing incorrect jury instructions regarding the defendant's involuntary intoxication defense, because the overall evidence displayed the required intent for robbery, the error was harmless. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/8 Aug. 22, 2025
City of Salinas v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board
Under former Labor Code section 5909, though Workers' Compensation Appeals Board acted in excess of its jurisdiction in granting employee's reconsideration request, equitable tolling principles applied. 		Workers' Compensation 6DCA Aug. 22, 2025
People v. Singleton
Trial court lacked jurisdiction to resentence defendant to longer term even though the defendant's initial sentence was unauthorized. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 2DCA/7 Aug. 22, 2025
Lake v. Gates
Order 		9th Aug. 22, 2025
Amended Opinion: Island Industries v. Sigma Corp.
19 U.S.C. section 1592, which prohibits imports predicated on false statements, did not displace the False Claims Act in action alleging that defendant fraudulently evaded anti-dumping laws. 		Commercial Law, Government 9th Aug. 22, 2025
Halverson v. Burgum
Mandamus action seeking to compel Bureau of Indian Affairs compliance was barred by sovereign immunity. 		Immunity 9th Aug. 22, 2025
Thakur v. Trump
Order 		9th Aug. 22, 2025
Iloff v. LaPaille
Employers asserting good faith defense to liquidated damages for unpaid minimum wages must show a reasonable attempt to determine the law's requirements and a good faith effort to comply. 		Employment Law CASC Aug. 22, 2025
Byrne v. Rule
Opinion 		2DCA/6 Aug. 21, 2025
Johnson v. Stoneridge Creek Pleasanton CCRC
Consumer Legal Remedies Act's fee-recovery provision did not prohibit a continuing care retirement community from funding its defense costs--in a lawsuit brought by a resident--through the monthly fees charged to residents. 		Consumer Law 1DCA/4 Aug. 21, 2025
U.S. v. Manning
In light of *United States v. Barker*, courts may not bifurcate a trial on the different elements of a single Violent Crimes in Aid of Racketeering (VICAR) murder charge. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Aug. 21, 2025
U.S. v. State of Alaska
*Katie John*, interpreting "public lands" in Title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, was not clearly irreconcilable with *Sturgeon II*'s interpretation of "public lands" in Title I. 		Water Rights 9th Aug. 21, 2025
Thomson v. Hodgson
District court erroneously found as a matter of law that rock band Supertramp's royalties-sharing agreement was terminable "after a reasonable time" due to the absence of an express duration. 		Contracts 9th Aug. 21, 2025
Sneed v. Talphera
The potentially misleading nature of "Tongue and Done," a slogan for defendant's under-the-tongue opioid, was insufficient for shareholders to plead falsity under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act. 		Securities 9th Aug. 21, 2025
Moncada v. Rubio
Man born and living in the United States for over 70 years was not a birthright citizen because of his father's apparent diplomatic immunity at the time of his birth. 		Constitutional Law, Immunity 9th Aug. 21, 2025
Modification: Marriage of R.K. and G.K.
Father in custody proceedings forfeited due process claims on appeal because he never raised them before the trial court. 		Civil Procedure, Family Law 2DCA/6 Aug. 20, 2025
People v. Dejesus-Galindo
Because jury instructions on propensity evidence did not lower the standard of proof and evidence overwhelmingly supported jury's guilty verdict, any instructional error was harmless. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/4 Aug. 20, 2025
U.S. v. Gordon
Counsel's alleged inaccurate sentencing predictions did not rise to the level of ineffective assistance of counsel, making an evidentiary hearing unnecessary. 		Habeas Corpus 9th Aug. 20, 2025
The GEO Group v. Inslee
For intergovernmental immunity analysis, the appropriate comparators for a privately owned and operated civil immigration detention facility are other privately operated civil detention facilities rather than state prisons. 		Immunity 9th Aug. 20, 2025
Gonzalez v. Herrera
The First Step Act's time credit scheme allows for the reduction in length of a supervised release term. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Aug. 20, 2025
Gomez v. Superior Court (People)
Trial court abused its discretion in denying plaintiff's mental health diversion request when prosecution failed to rebut the presumption that the mental disorder was a causal factor. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 3DCA Aug. 19, 2025
Youth 71Five Ministries v. Williams
Religious organization that was denied grant funding based on government rule prohibiting religious discrimination was not entitled to a preliminary injunction because the rule likely withstood rational-basis review. 		Constitutional Law 9th Aug. 19, 2025
Amended Opinion: U.S. v. Plancarte
Government did not breach plea agreement by submitting supplemental memorandum opining about defendant's "worrying" conduct and past arrest history. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 9th Aug. 19, 2025
Spatz v. Regents of the University of California
Because medical residency program's refusal to rank (i.e., hire) plaintiff was an "employment practice of an employer," it fell outside the Age Discrimination Act's scope. 		Employment Discrimination 9th Aug. 19, 2025
People v. Alvarez
Trial court did not err in denying motion to sever two murder trials, where similarities in both murders rendered evidence cross-admissible to establish intent and lack of mistake. 		Criminal Law and Procedure CASC Aug. 19, 2025
People v. Cannon
Jury trial waiver procedure under the Sexually Violent Predators Act should be subject only to rational-basis review because it does not implicate a fundamental right or interest. 		Criminal Law and Procedure CASC Aug. 19, 2025
Modification: Anaheim Mobile Estates v. State of California
Complaint failed to establish that Civil Code section 798.30.5 (limiting mobile home rent increases) is "confiscatory" in nature and thus facially unconstitutional. 		Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure 4DCA/3 Aug. 18, 2025
People v. Skaggs
Trial court erred by construing non-statutory motion to dismiss on constitutional due process grounds as a section 1385 motion, which led it to incorrectly conclude that it lacked authority to consider the motion. 		Criminal Law and Procedure 1DCA/3 Aug. 18, 2025
Gamo v. Merrell
Because cost-of-proof fees inherently differ from and do not conflict with elder abuse attorney fees award, elder abuse statute's unilateral provision only allowing for plaintiff fee award was inconsequential to defendant's cost-of-proof fees request. 		Civil Procedure 4DCA/3 Aug. 18, 2025
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