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2024

Figueroa v. County of Los Angeles (9th Cir. Aug. 30, 2024, No. 18-56131) 2024 WL 4003039

Ninth Circuit affirms summary judgment for GMSR’s sheriff deputy client

Sanchez v. Los Angeles Department of Transportation (9th Cir. 2022) 39 F.4th 548 (amicus)

City of Los Angeles prevails in Ninth Circuit e-scooter appeal, supported by GMSR’s amicus brief

B.Q. v. Dekok (9th Cir. 2020) 825 Fed.Appx. 533

Ninth Circuit affirms qualified immunity for teacher sued by student for violation of the Establishment Clause

Easley v. City of Riverside (9th Cir. 2018) 890 F.3d 851

Ninth Circuit affirms qualified immunity for GMSR’s police officer client

Santa Clarita Organization for Planning & Environment v. Castaic Lake Water Agency (2016) 1 Cal.App.5th 1084.

GMSR secures another win on appeal, this time in Santa Clarita Organization for Planning and the Environment v. Castaic Lake Water Agency

Stanton v. Sims (2013) 571 U.S. 3

Officer entitled to qualified immunity from suit for warrantless entry into home in hot pursuit of fleeing misdemeanant

Today’s Fresh Start, Inc. v. Los Angeles County Office of Education (2013) 57 Cal.4th 197

Case challenging the procedures for revoking a charter school’s charter; decision clarifies the standards governing charter school revocation proceedings

Los Angeles County Flood Control Dist. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. (2013) 568 U.S. 78

United States Supreme Court held that the Ninth Circuit erred in holding the Los Angeles County Flood Control District liable for violations of the Clean Water Act

Filarsky v. Delia (2012) 566 U.S. 377 (amicus)

In a case that GMSR identified as a likely certiorari candidate and authored the sole amicus curiae brief supporting the certiorari petition, the Supreme Court reversed, holding that a private individual temporarily hired to carry out a public entity’s work is entitled to assert qualified immunity

Messerschmidt v. Millender (2012) 565 U.S. 535

US Supreme Court held that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies were entitled to qualified immunity and thus could not be held personally liable for civil damages