Vague Self-Harm Threats and Conservative Hand-Injury Care Do Not Show Eighth Amendment Deliberate Indifference; Referring Doctor Not Liable for Post-Transfer Scheduling Delays 1. Introduction In...
Pepper Spray for Repeated Noncompliance Is Not “Malicious,” and Short-Term Suicide-Watch Deprivations Require Proof of a Substantial Risk of Serious Harm Case: Jacob Julick v. Scott Jordan, No....
“Scared Straight” Courtroom Theater Is Not a Judicial Act: Sixth Circuit Limits Absolute Judicial Immunity for Off-the-Bench Detentions and Mock Proceedings Introduction In Latoreya Till v. Kenneth...
Judicial Immunity Does Not Shield “Scare-Style” Detention and Mock Proceedings Outside Any Case or Court Sitting Case: Latoreya Till v. Kenneth King (6th Cir. Aug. 21, 2026) Subject: Absolute...
Price-Maintenance Securities Fraud: Misstatements May Sustain (Not Raise) Inflation, Supporting Market Efficiency, Reliance, and Loss Causation Case: OPERS v. FHLMC (Freddie Mac) — United States...
Closing a Flagpole Forum: A Closed-List Flag Resolution and Removal of Public Participation Converts a Municipal Flag Display into Government Speech Case: Russ Gordon v. City of Hamtramck, Michigan...
Yan v. State of Texas: No Article III Case or Controversy Against an Adjudicating Judge; Claim-Splitting Dismissal; and Strict Pleading of Civil RICO Predicates and Continuity Court: United States...
Bronchodilator Reversibility Does Not Defeat Legal Pneumoconiosis: Experts Must Address Residual Impairment and Coal-Dust Aggravation Case: Central Appalachian Coal Company v. DOWCP (Respondent...
Fourth Circuit Recognizes Limited Authority to Continue an Ongoing Terry Stop Into a Home When a Suspect Retreats and Child-Safety Exigencies Persist 1. Introduction Case: Fareed Hayat v. Casey Diaz...
ADEA Prima Facie “Legitimate Expectations” Rule: Objective Certifications and Coworker Praise Do Not Create a Jury Issue Against Documented Academy Performance and Insubordination 1. Introduction In...
Hunter “Miscarriage of Justice” Standard: Routine Guidelines Errors (and Downstream Reduction Effects) Do Not Defeat an Appeal Waiver 1. Introduction United States v. Tovis Richardson (4th Cir. Aug....
Warrantless Supervised-Release Home Searches: Reasonable Suspicion Under a Search Condition Satisfies the Fourth Amendment Introduction In United States v. Tyrell Watts (4th Cir. Aug. 20, 2026)...
Pleading “Context” and Clearly-Established Law to Defeat Qualified Immunity in Fifth Circuit Excessive-Force Cases Introduction Hughey v. Tippah County (5th Cir. Aug. 20, 2026) arises from an alleged...
§ 523(a)(6) Nondischargeability in the Fifth Circuit: “Objective Substantial Certainty of Harm” Suffices Without Subjective Intent to Injure Introduction Mahadevan v. Bikkina is a Fifth Circuit...
Threat of Custodial Arrest to Secure an Unannotated Signature on a Texas Traffic Citation Does Not, Without More, State a Fourth or Fourteenth Amendment § 1983 Claim I. Introduction In Soward v....
IDEA “Stay-Put” Relief Is Unavailable for Past, Completed School Years Absent a Showing of Current Jeopardy (and Post-Relief Claims Are Moot) 1. Introduction Juca v. Banks (2d Cir. Aug. 20, 2026)...
Ex parte Escambia County Commission: Statutory Servant Immunity Bars Respondeat Superior Claims Against County Principals 1. Introduction In Ex parte Escambia County Commission (Ala. Aug. 21, 2026),...
State v. Willard: Fourth Amendment Seizure Analysis Must Account for Non-Police Government Actors (Fire/EMS) Under the Totality of Circumstances 1. Introduction In State v. Willard (Kan. Aug. 21,...
Rule 60(b) Orders Are Not Appealable When the Trial Court Reserves “Limited Relief” Issues Necessary to Dispose of the Case 1. Introduction In Mobile Investments, LLC v. Corporate Pharmacy Services,...
Concurrent Equity Jurisdiction Does Not Eliminate Circuit-Court Superintendence: Mandamus Remains Available Against Jefferson Probate Court Introduction In I. Ripon Britton, Jr., and Gregory H....