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Los Angeles County v. Humphries (2010) 562 U.S. 29

No declaratory or injunctive relief available in civil rights action against municipality under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 absent wrongful policy, custom or practice approved or knowingly tolerated by local public entity policymakers.

City of Ontario v. Quon (2010) 560 U.S. 746

Expectation of privacy in messages sent and received on his employer-issued device; Fourth Amendment’s prohibition of unreasonable searches and seizures

2009

McCullock v. Los Angeles County Sheriff (9th Cir. 2009) 320 Fed.Appx. 814

Civil rights action based on denial of medication to prisoner

Van de Kamp v. Goldstein (2009) 555 U.S. 335

Prosecutorial immunity applies to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims concerning the manner in which the prosecutor’s office implemented policies and training for jailhouse informants

2009

Humphries v. Los Angeles County (9th Cir. 2009) 554 F.3d 1170

Due process claim based on list of suspected child abusers maintained by California Department of Justice

In re Marriage Cases (2008) 43 Cal.4th 757 (amicus)

Constitutionality of statute providing that only heterosexual couples can marry (amicus curiae brief)

Robertson v. County of Ventura (9th Cir. 2008) 275 Fed.Appx. 594

Requirement of state action in civil rights action for physicians’ mandatory reporting of possible child abuse

Adam Bros. Farming, Inc. v. County of Santa Barbara (Mar. 4, 2008, B180880) 2008 WL 565025 [nonpublished opinion]

Two family agribusiness entities sued Santa Barbara County under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for a supposed civil rights deprivation based on the County’s delineation of a wetland on a large parcel of land that one of the plaintiffs owned and the other wanted to farm.

John v. City of El Monte (9th Cir. 2008) 515 F.3d 936

Necessity for additional investigation once officer has probable cause for arrest

2007

Whitaker v. Garcetti (9th Cir. 2007) 486 F.3d 572

Civil rights: unlawful search and seizure and notice issues regarding wiretaps; article III standing