| Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
23-2101
|
U.S. v. Barry
Probable cause existed to search non-residence apartment under the parolee-search condition exception where parolee had a key to the apartment and showed intimate familiarity with it. |
Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law |
|
P. Bumatay | Jun. 18, 2025 |
|
D084748
|
In re Rogowski
Governor's reversal of parole granted to inmate serving indeterminate life sentence was upheld because the inmate's inconsistent statements regarding his crime demonstrated a material lack of insight. |
Habeas Corpus |
|
T. Do | Jun. 18, 2025 |
|
B338852
|
People v. American Surety Co.
Because criminal court failed to forfeit bond after defendant's initial disappearance, it lost jurisdiction and civil court erred in not vacating forfeiture and exonerating bail. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
H. Baltodano | Jun. 18, 2025 |
|
E084114
|
In re Jayden A.
Despite mother not appealing dependency court's jurisdictional finding, father's appeal challenging the jurisdictional finding was not rendered moot. |
Dependency |
|
F. Menetrez | Jun. 17, 2025 |
|
D083069
|
Palms Springs Promenade, LLC v. Dept. of Industrial Relations
Although partially funded by city tax dollars, development project was not municipal work eligible for City's anti-prevailing wage ordinance because project was not primarily for a public purpose with public benefits. |
Municipal Law, Employment Law |
|
D. Rubin | Jun. 17, 2025 |
|
B337435
|
Silva v. Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.
Unconscionable terms of employment agreement--executed at the same time as a separate arbitration agreement between the parties--rendered the latter agreement unenforceable. |
Arbitration, Employment Law |
|
B. Hoffstadt | Jun. 17, 2025 |
|
B325733
|
E.I. v. El Segundo Unified School Dist.
Because school's inaction towards bullying involved enforcing an established policy, Government Code section 820.2 immunity was inapplicable and jury's $1 million award to bullied student was affirmed. |
Education, Torts |
|
V. Viramontes | Jun. 17, 2025 |
|
18-73423
|
Lemus-Escobar v. Bondi
Immigration judge erred by failing to inquire into, and make a reasoned determination regarding, petitioner's mental competency where evidence from withholding of removal proceedings indicated the possibility of incompetence. |
Immigration |
|
S. Graber | Jun. 17, 2025 |
|
F088084
|
Water Audit California v. Merced Irrigation District
Plaintiff's writ petition was timely because allegations regarding defendant's ongoing violations of fishway statutes fell within the continuous violation doctrine. |
Civil Procedure |
|
R. Peña | Jun. 13, 2025 |
|
C102117
|
DPR Construction v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.
Workers' Compensation Appeals Board exceeded its powers by admitting medical reports that were not listed in the pretrial conference statement. |
Workers' Compensation |
|
S. Mesiwala | Jun. 13, 2025 |
|
A170214
|
Citizens for a Better Eureka v. City of Eureka
Citizen group's failure to add developer in California Environmental Quality Act lawsuit against City's redevelopment project to turn unused parking lot to affordable housing was cause for dismissal. |
Civil Procedure |
|
I. Petrou | Jun. 13, 2025 |
|
A171414
|
People v. Lewis
Issuance of involuntary antipsychotic medication order without a full evidentiary hearing did not violate defendant's procedural due process rights. |
Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law |
|
J. Richman | Jun. 13, 2025 |
|
23-1345
|
Rivers v. Guerrero
Petition filed after district court has entered judgment on an initial habeas petition but before appeal is resolved qualifies as a successive petition and must satisfy AEDPA's requirements. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
K. Jackson | Jun. 13, 2025 |
|
24-416
|
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Zuch
Tax Court lacked jurisdiction over proceedings where there was no longer any underlying levy or justification therefor. |
Tax, Civil Procedure |
|
A. Barrett | Jun. 13, 2025 |
|
24-362
|
Martin v. U.S.
Federal Tort Claim Act's law-enforcement proviso overrides only the intentional-tort exception, not the discretionary-function exception. |
Government, Torts |
|
N. Gorsuch | Jun. 13, 2025 |
|
24-275
|
Parrish v. U.S.
A litigant who files a notice of appeal after the original appeal deadline but before the court grants reopening need not file a second notice after reopening. |
Civil Procedure |
|
S. Sotomayor | Jun. 13, 2025 |
|
24-320
|
Soto v. U.S.
The "combat-related special compensation" (CRSC) statute confers authority to settle CRSC claims and thus displaces the Barring Act's settlement procedures and limitations period. |
Government |
|
C. Thomas | Jun. 13, 2025 |
|
24-249
|
A. J. T. v. Osseo Area Schools, Independent School Dist. No. 279
Teen's educationally-based claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act did not necessitate showing school had acted in "bad faith" when it rejected her accommodation request. |
Disability Discrimination, Education |
|
J. Roberts | Jun. 13, 2025 |
|
23-15594
|
Brown v. Attorney General for the State of Nevada
Unplanned ex parte contact between witness for prosecution, her friend, and several jurors was trial error but did not warrant relief because it did not prejudice the defendant. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
J. Brown | Jun. 13, 2025 |
|
S179454
|
Modification: People v. Jasso
Admission of detective's testimony regarding accomplice's friend's statements made during interview was not error where accomplice's statements were against his interest and defense counsel did not object to detective's testimony. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
L. Kruger | Jun. 13, 2025 |
|
G063201
|
People v. Ortega
Trial court properly denied youthful offender's Penal Code section 1170(d)(1)(A)'s resentencing request when defendant did not meet statutory requirements and equal protection argument was moot. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
E. Moore | Jun. 16, 2025 |
|
F085048
|
In re Whalen
Certificate of appealability granted for successive habeas petition was fatally defective to jurisdiction because it did not identify any substantial claims for relief. |
Habeas Corpus |
|
R. Peña | Jun. 16, 2025 |
|
23-3624, 23-3627
|
Center for Biological Diversity v. United States Bureau of Land Management
Agency acted arbitrarily and capriciously by not providing a reasoned analysis for its changed position between its analysis of alternatives under environmental statute and its selection of a final proposal. |
Environmental Law |
|
R. Nelson | Jun. 16, 2025 |
|
H050597
|
People v. Wagstaff
By failing to raise the issue to the trial court, Black defendant forfeited his argument that trial court's statement "you're a strong young buck" violated the Racial Justice Act. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
M. Greenwood | Jun. 16, 2025 |
|
A169997
|
Mora v. Menjivar
A supporting memorandum of points and authorities is a necessary constituent part of a "special motion" for purposes of the anti-SLAPP statutory deadline. |
Anti-SLAPP |
|
C. Smiley | Jun. 16, 2025 |
|
A170950
|
United Indian Health v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.
Healthcare service provider, using federal funds appropriated for tribal health services, was entitled to sovereign immunity against employee seeking redress through state's workers' compensation system. |
Native American Affairs, Workers' Compensation |
|
G. Burns | Jun. 12, 2025 |
|
B339164
|
In re A.O.
Parent may appeal finding regarding reunification services by appealing order in which the finding was made even though the parent is not challenging anything else in the order. |
Dependency, Civil Procedure |
|
M. Kim | Jun. 12, 2025 |
|
24-834
|
De Souza Silva v. Bondi
Board of Immigration Appeals committed legal error by not assessing the restrictive effect of asylum seeker's inability to practice religion. |
Immigration |
|
R. Paez | Jun. 12, 2025 |
|
B323666
|
People v. Wilson
Defense counsel was not ineffective as a matter of law for failing to object to prosecutor's referral to the Black defendant as a "gorilla pimp" during closing arguments to the jury. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
K. Yegan | Jun. 11, 2025 |
|
18-70278
|
Li v. Bondi
Board of Immigration Appeals abused its discretion by failing to provide reasoned explanation for denying review of claims about ineffective assistance of counsel before a different tribunal. |
Immigration, Civil Procedure |
|
G. Sanchez | Jun. 11, 2025 |
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