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Elizabeth Holmes, pregnant again, faces Friday sentencing: Here’s what to expect

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, pregnant and the mother of a young son, will likely receive a multi-year prison sentence Friday, then try to delay her imprisonment and overturn her guilty verdict, legal experts say.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Pit bull bans, community sensitivity, and criminal defamation.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Wanted posters, vague and threatening letters, and dragging a 75-pound dummy.

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Reddit Is Not Guilty of Sex Trafficking, Says Court

In a post-FOSTA world, Section 230 still protects websites from lawsuits over criminal sexual conduct by their users.

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Beauty Pageants Have First Amendment Right to Limit Contestants to "Natural Born Females"

So holds the Ninth Circuit; Hamilton plays a major role.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Chalking tires, curbing meters, and secretly recording videos.

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Bikini Barista Ban Violates Equal Protection Clause by Intentionally Discriminating Against Women Baristas

So Judge Ricardo Martinez ruled last week in Edge v. City of Everett (W.D. Wash.): The Dress Code Ordinance requires all employees, owners, and operators of "Quick-Service Facilities" to wear clothing that covers "the upper and lower body (breast/pectorals, stomach, back below the shoulder blades, buttocks, top three inches of…

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Ninth Circuit Confirms that District Courts Can Enforce Expansive Restitution Agreements

The general federal restitution statute grants statutory authority to district courts to award restitution to crime victims to the extent provided in a plea agreement.

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Ninth Circuit Refuses to Quash Jan. 6 Committee Subpoena for Kelli Ward's Cell Phone Records

A Ninth Circut panel split 2-1 over whether First Amendment concerns should prevent congressional investigatos from obtaining cell records for Arizona's Republican Party Chair.

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Ninth Circuit Partly Affirms and Partly Reverses Judgment for Planned Parenthood Over Secret Recordings

"Journalism and investigative reporting have long served a critical role in our society. But journalism and investigative reporting do not require illegal conduct."

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Retaliatory pepper spray, excessive damages awards, and the power of the purse.

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Ninth Circuit Reverses "Provisional" Sealing of Appellate Brief in Interesting Free Speech Case

Appellate briefs need to be treated as public documents, and (I argued) shouldn't be "provisionally" sealed for months or years without findings that such sealing (or, more often, redaction) is genuinely necessary.

Reason

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Hauling timber, planting drugs, and barring bologna.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Pretextual stops, consular nonreviewability, COVID on cruise ships.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Padded cells, hidden cash, and official duties.

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Union Station: U.S. Supreme Court begins 2022-2023 term with seven petitions to review public-sector union cases

The Supreme Court’s next term will begin on Monday, Oct. 3. As of Sept. 29, appellants had filed seven petitions for writs of certiorari—requests for the Supreme Court to review a lower court’s ruling—in public-sector union cases we’re tracking. The Supreme Court began considering petitions for this term on Wednesday,…

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Union Station: Appellate courts issue rulings in three public-sector union lawsuits

Two three-judge appellate panels, one from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and one from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, issued rulings in three lawsuits involving public-sector union fees or dues in the past week.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Torture, restraint chairs, public cavity searches, and the secret to eternal youth.

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Malicious Prosecution Claim Against DHS Agents Can Go Forward

From Myles v. U.S., decided Friday by the Ninth Circuit (Judge Marsha Berzon, joined by Judge Carlos Bea and District Judge Richard Bennett), here is the court's summary of the procedural history and of plaintiff's allegations: After she was discharged from her position as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ……

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Mean teachers, bad warrants, and merest coincidences.

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San Jose Unified School District Likely Discriminated Against Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Based on …

the FCA's requirement that leaders "abide by a Statement of Faith, which includes the belief that sexual relations should be limited within the context of a marriage between a man and a woman" -- so holds a Ninth Circuit's panel.

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Burning crosses, incurable violence, and filming in national parks.

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Ninth Circuit Sends the Hawaii Concealed Carry Challenge Back Down to District Court

The en banc panel majority (seven judges) ordered today, in Young v. Hawaii: The Supreme Court vacated the judgment of this Court, 992 F.3d 765, and has remanded this case to us "for further consideration in light of New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S.…

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Prof. John Harrison: Remand Without Vacatur Assumes that Unlawful Regulations Bind Until Courts Act

I'm delighted to report that Prof. John Harrison (University of Virginia) will be guest-blogging this week on the subject of Administrative Procedure Act remedies, and specifically the putative remedy of "remand without vacatur." APA remedies is a huge and recurring question, and it has new urgency after the Supreme Court's…

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

So no one got qualified (or absolute) immunity this week. No kidding.

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