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623 F. Supp. 672 · District Court, E.D. California · Dec 10, 1985
The court warned that the privilege could not be lost unless “it is clearly necessary to assure the orderly conduct of the trial.” Ives, 504 F.2d at 941-42 . … Chavez is guilty,” were immediately preceded and followed by qualifiers, and counsel emphasized that the district attorney had not sustained his burden of proof.
Cited 9 timesPublished458 F. Supp. 2d 1075 · District Court, E.D. California · Oct 30, 2006
Garceau, 538 U.S. 202 , 123 S.Ct. 1398 , 155 L.Ed.2d 363 (2003), overturned Kelly V, holding that only an application for habeas relief which seeks adjudication on the merits of a petitioner’s claims qualifies a case as “ … No clearly established federal rule governs the consultation of the Bible during a capital sentencing jury deliberation. Robinson v.
Reversed in part, on other grounds by Hamilton v. Ayers, 583 F.3d 1100 (2009)Cited 4 timesPublishedDistrict Court, E.D. California · Dec 23, 2022
s complaint, or any portion thereof, is subject to dismissal if it is frivolous 6 or malicious, if it fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or if it seeks monetary 7 relief from a defendant who is immune … Oregon Dep't of Agriculture, 553 U.S. 591, 601-02 (2008). 26 Plaintiff has not alleged facts demonstrating that he is a member of a protected class, as 27 prisoners do not qualify as a protected class for
Cited 0 timesUnknownModica v. Iron Mountain Information Mgt. Services
District Court, E.D. California · Aug 19, 2020
Rule 23(b) requires a plaintiff to establish one of the following: (1) that 3 there is a risk of substantial prejudice from separate actions; (2) that declaratory or injunctive relief 4 benefitting the class as a whole … The MSA will be deposited into a Qualified 6 Settlement Fund within 7 calendar days of the Effective Date and does not include Employer-side 7 Taxes, which will be separately paid by Defendant.
Cited 0 timesUnknownThomas Dorsey v. County of Kern, et al.
District Court, E.D. California · Jan 27, 2026
s complaint, or any portion thereof, is subject to dismissal if it is frivolous 8 or malicious, if it fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or if it seeks monetary 9 relief from a defendant who is immune … Plaintiff must clearly state factual support for what happened, when it happened, and 26 who was involved.
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, E.D. California · Dec 15, 2022
“[A] judge may dismiss . . . claims which are ‘based on indisputably meritless legal 10 theories’ or whose ‘factual contentions are clearly baseless.’” Jackson v. … See Houston v. 27 Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 276 (1988) (establishing rule that a prisoner’s court document is deemed filed on the date the prisoner delivered the document to prison officials for mailing).
Cited 0 timesUnknown(SS) Diaz v. Commissioner of Social Security
District Court, E.D. California · Aug 8, 2025
citing to objective evidence of record examination findings or imaging findings, the ALJ is not 9 qualified … Thus, though Plaintiff did not complete and submit the adult function report, the record clearly includes reports prepared by counsel, discussing 4 Plaintiff’s impairments and whether she had any changes as
Cited 0 timesUnknown(PC) Reyes v. Valley State Prison
District Court, E.D. California · Aug 25, 2022
District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to 6 be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities … Plaintiff argues that 18 the findings and recommendations issued by the Magistrate Judge clearly found that Plaintiff’s 19 Third Amended Complaint contains sufficient facts to proceed with this case against
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, E.D. California · Nov 16, 2020
Nor has the Court 8 clearly established a “controlling legal standard” for evaluating discretionary decisions to exclude 9 such evidence. Id. at 758; see also Brown v. … Defendant’s crimes against D.C. and M.C. 10 certainly qualify.
Cited 0 timesUnknown(PC) Ward v. County of Sacramento
District Court, E.D. California · Jun 3, 2025
Eleventh Amendment – Sovereign Immunity 12 “The Eleventh Amendment bars suits against the State or its agencies for all types of 13 relief.” See Krainski v. Nevada ex rel. … Ramirez, 967 F.2d 1413, 1416 (9th Cir. 1992) (holding that a 16 male parole officer’s unobscured and close observation of a female parolee’s use of the toilet 17 violates the parolee’s “clearly established” right to bodily
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, E.D. California · Jan 20, 2021
Plaintiff has established neither 24 requirement here. As stated below, plaintiff fails to show he has any potentially meritorious 25 claims. … citations omitted). 18 Violation of the ADA - If plaintiff is attempting to state a claim that a public program 19 or service violated the ADA, he must show: (1) he is a “qualified
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, E.D. California · Dec 17, 2020
There is no “clearly established federal law” that the admission of CSAAS 9 evidence in a child molestation case violates the due process clause. … The state court's decision 10 was not contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, clearly established Supreme Court 11 authority.
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, E.D. California · Mar 29, 2021
complaint or portion thereof if the prisoner has raised claims that are 24 “frivolous, malicious, or fail[] to state a claim upon which relief may be granted,” or that “seek[] 25 monetary relief from a defendant who is immune … “[A] judge may dismiss . . . claims which are ‘based on indisputably meritless legal 1 theories’ or whose ‘factual contentions are clearly baseless.’” Jackson v.
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, E.D. California · Dec 30, 2022
Robinson, 914 F.2d 486, 492 (4th Cir. 26 1990) (finding no clearly established, sufficiently contoured, right to hot showers in prison)). 27 / / / 28 / … Lewis, 518 U.S. at 353 n.3, 354-56; Bradley, 64 F.3d at 1279. 6 To establish a violation of the right of access to the courts, a prisoner must 7 establish that he or she has suffered an actual injury, a jurisdictional
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, E.D. California · Apr 8, 2026
Id. 4 “Subsection C provides for the detention of ‘criminal aliens’ and states that ‘[t]he Attorney 5 General shall take into custody any alien who’ is deportable or inadmissible based on a 6 qualifying … Government Interest 21 “[T]he government clearly has a strong interest in preventing aliens from ‘remain[ing] in 22 the United States in violation of our law.’”
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, E.D. California · Aug 26, 2026
, must be supported by 14 (1) citing to particular parts of materials in the record, including but not limited to depositions, 15 documents, declarations, or discovery; or (2) showing that the materials cited do not establish … To the extent that Plaintiff added allegations related to Defendants Phillips, 4 Rodriguez, and Hernandez in his appeal of the institutional response, those claims do not qualify 5 as notice and are not exhausted.
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, E.D. California · Aug 26, 2026
, must be supported by 14 (1) citing to particular parts of materials in the record, including but not limited to depositions, 15 documents, declarations, or discovery; or (2) showing that the materials cited do not establish … To the extent that Plaintiff added allegations related to Defendants Phillips, 4 Rodriguez, and Hernandez in his appeal of the institutional response, those claims do not qualify 5 as notice and are not exhausted.
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, E.D. California · Jun 3, 2025
s complaint, or any portion thereof, is subject to dismissal if it is frivolous 2 or malicious, if it fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or if it seeks monetary 3 relief from a defendant who is immune … Devereaux v Abbey, 263 F.3d 1070, 1074–75 (9th Cir. 2001) (en banc) 4 (“[T]here is a clearly established constitutional due process right not to be subjected to criminal 5 charges on the basis of false evidence that was
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, E.D. California · Aug 26, 2026
, must be supported by 14 (1) citing to particular parts of materials in the record, including but not limited to depositions, 15 documents, declarations, or discovery; or (2) showing that the materials cited do not establish … To the extent that Plaintiff added allegations related to Defendants Phillips, 4 Rodriguez, and Hernandez in his appeal of the institutional response, those claims do not qualify 5 as notice and are not exhausted.
Cited 0 timesUnknownBarker v. Stoli Group (USA), LLC
District Court, E.D. California · Jun 2, 2022
Plaintiff, ORDER 13 v. 14 | stoli Group (USA), LLC, 1S Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff Jonathan Barker’s work for defendant Stoli Group during 2019 qualified … Without the Handbook’s 13 terms or those of any other document clearly establishing a contract, a crucial factual question is 14 unresolved and for a factfinder to decide.
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