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Publication Date: 2023-12-18
Practice Area: Civil Rights
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Shwartz
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Case Number: 22-3205
Prison officials were entitled to qualified immunity for removing mattress from cell of prisoner under psychological close observation to prevent the prisoner from using the mattress to harm himself or prevent monitoring.
Publication Date: 2023-12-04
Practice Area: Civil Rights
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Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Andrews
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Racquel Lewis, Wilmington, DE, pro se plaintiff.
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Case Number: 23-296-RGA
Court dismissed complaint where underlying alleged incident could not conceivably give rise to any cause of action.
Publication Date: 2023-11-20
Practice Area: Civil Rights
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Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Bibas
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James S. Green, Jr., Jared T. Green, Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: James D. Taylor, Jr., Jessica M. Jones, Juliana G. Clifton, Marisa R. De Feo, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Wilmington, DE; Arthur D. Kuhl, Matthew R. Hindley, Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 1:17-cv-00157-SB
Court dismissed case for failure to prosecute where plaintiff had willfully or recklessly failed to actively litigate the case for several years despite repeated extensions and warnings from the court.
Publication Date: 2023-09-11
Practice Area: Civil Rights
Industry: Non-Profit | State and Local Government
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Adams
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen J. Neuberger, Thomas S. Neuberger, The Neuberger Firm, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Thomas C. Crumplar, Jacobs & Crumplar, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Scott D. Cousins, Cousins Law LLC, Wilmington, DE; Martin D. Haverly, Martin D. Haverly, Attorney at Law, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Andrew D. Cordo, Daniyal M. Iqbal, Nora M. Crawford, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: N23C-01-123 MAA
Plaintiffs' lawsuit challenging past COVID-19-related restrictions on houses of worship was dismissed where governor was entitled to qualified immunity as it was unclear at the time the restrictions were implemented that such restrictions were unconstitutional and where the lawsuit was not justiciable since there was no longer an active case or controversy.
Publication Date: 2023-07-10
Practice Area: Civil Rights
Industry: Financial Services and Banking
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Karsnitz
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan J. Eley, Lewes, DE, pro se plaintiff.
for defendant: Elizabeth S. Fenton, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: S23C-04-003 CAK
Plaintiff's complaint dismissed where it asserted claims under the Delaware Equal Accommodations Law, as plaintiff failed to appeal the Delaware Human and Civil Rights Commission's order on his administrative complaint.
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Publication Date: 2023-07-10
Practice Area: Civil Rights
Industry: Federal Government
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Krause
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Rudovsky, Jonathan H. Feinberg, Susan M. Lin Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing, Feinberg & Lin LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Patrick Toomey, Ashley Gorski, Sarah Taitz, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY; Jonathan Hafetz, Seton Hall Law School, Newark, NJ for appellants.
for defendant: Leif Overvold, Brian M. Boynton, H. Thomas Byron III, Sharon Swingle, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC for appellees.
Case Number: 21-2798
"Clearly established" threshold inapplicable to discretionary function exception analysis under FTCA because the government lacked discretion to violate constitutional rights.
Publication Date: 2023-03-07
Practice Area: Civil Rights
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Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Fallon
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Case Number: 21-874-SRF
Court declined motion in limine to exclude evidence of plaintiff's physical injuries and emotional distress, as such evidence was necessary for plaintiff to recover damages for emotional distress in his §1983 case.
Publication Date: 2023-02-28
Practice Area: Civil Rights
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Fallon
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Case Number: 20-840-SRF
Defendant police officers' summary judgment motion denied where they failed to cite legal authority in support of their motion and where there were genuine issues of material fact regarding the purpose of the officers' appearance and whether the police department had ordered a private company to destroy a recording of the evidence.
Publication Date: 2022-11-29
Practice Area: Civil Rights
Industry: Automotive | State and Local Government
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Connolly
Attorneys: For plaintiff: John W. Shaw, Shaw Keller LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert E. Johnson, Institute for Justice, Shaker Heights, OH; William Aronin, Institute for Justice, Arlington, VA for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Laura Najemy, Rosamaria Tassone-DiNardo, City of Wilmington Law Department, Wilmington, DE; David J. Ferry, Jr., Rick S. Miller, Ferry Joseph, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Neil Raymond Lapinski, Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Joseph W. Benson, Andrew G. Ahern, III, Joseph W. Benson, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Neil Raymond Lapinski, Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 21-1333-CFC
Court found no due process violation from towing and impoundment of vehicles where car owners were provided with adequate notice to be heard following towing, as pre-towing hearings or release of vehicles on demand would be impractical and would nullify the city's interest in towing repeat violators.
Publication Date: 2022-08-23
Practice Area: Civil Rights
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Andrews
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kari Lynn Overington, Milton, DE, pro se plaintiff.
for defendant: George Thomas Lees III, Deputy Attorney General, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: D69933
First Amendment claim could be levied against government officials where the claim alleged that regulations on the content of vehicle plate licensing were placed in the unfettered discretion of government officials.
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